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Will We Ever Be Able To Download Our Brains Like In Westworld?
If you haven't seen HBO's "Westworld" then… eh, actually honestly, it's a toss up, it's up to you. Personally I think they over promised and under delivered, BUT it's worth talking about because they went over some amazing concepts. For those who haven't seen the show at all, Westworld is essentially a theme park for the ultra rich in which they live out their deepest fantasies in a wild west world populated with "people" who they can … "interact" with in which ever manner they wish. The "people" are actually human replicas made in a lab with a complex AI brain and a persona written for their character in the park, like a bartender or sherif. These replicas appear to be so human like, it is difficult or impossible to tell who is real from the AI.
'Minecraft' movie delayed amid director changes
Were you eagerly awaiting Minecraft movie's May 2019 release? You'll need to make a change of plans. Director and co-writer Rob McElhenney has informed TheWrap that the originally slated debut is "not happening" as he's leaving the project. It's not clear why he's departing or who will replace him as director. However, Warner Bros. is asking Aaron and Adam Nee (both working on Masters of the Universe) to draft a new script. The production shuffle is bound to create significant delays for the movie.
Artificially intelligent painters invent new styles of art
Now and then, a painter like Claude Monet or Pablo Picasso comes along and turns the art world on its head. They invent new aesthetic styles, forging movements such as impressionism or abstract expressionism. But could the next big shake-up be the work of a machine? An artificial intelligence has been developed that produces images in unconventional styles – and much of its output has already been given the thumbs up by members of the public. The idea is to make art that is "novel, but not too novel", says Marian Mazzone, an art historian at the College of Charleston in South Carolina who worked on the system.