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• In Media Res
  Re: 'Not enough of him': Technology and Melancholia in 'Be Right Back'

  Ash 2.0 vs Ava 5.9

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  Frank Bridges Rutgers University

  Friday, May 8, 2015 — 6:30 pm

  Sarah, a bit off topic, but have you seen Ex Machina? It's interesting seeing Domhnall Gleeson on either side of the uncanny valley. Though it could be argued that Ash 2.0 isn't actually AI, the idea of containment and preservation of "robo ...
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  Re: Black Mirror as Pedagogical Tool in the College Classroom

  Re: Thoughts on Irony

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  Frank Bridges Rutgers University

  Friday, May 8, 2015 — 7:53 pm

  It seems to me that it is coded into both, especially since it is a human project to both produce and perfect these machines. We are literally reflected back to ourselves through our tech – Black Mirror pun intended.;) It’s hard to not feel offended when ...
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  Re: Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits”

  Time To Re-Watch This Episode

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  Frank Bridges Rutgers University

  Friday, May 8, 2015 — 5:17 pm

  This was my least favorite of the Black Mirror episodes. Partly do to it being- in my opinion at the time- unnecessarily longer than the other episodes. After reading your post and noticing that the length might be to accentuate the monotony of the biking ...