Tag: ghost in the shell

• [posting][original non-fiction] Artificial Intelligence and Human Enhancement: Exploring the Human in Alternative Identities

  

  “Knocking at the doors of human perception” is how Tim Adams describes the exploration of human selfhood in the form of transhumanism. As traditional notions of “human” have been challenged by postmodern thought, which questions universal modes of meaning and legitimation (New Keywords, 270), a complex discourse regarding “the human” has arisen thanks to increased…

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  July 31, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction, original fiction, thought piece

  AI, anime, artificial intelligence, asia, blade runner, blade runner 2049, dystopian, film, ghost in the shell, humanity, literature, robotics, science, technology, transhumanism

• [review] Ghost in the Shell (2017)

  

  Ghost in the Shell (2017) surprised me. It isn’t perfect, but it ended up being way better than I thought it would be. A lot of “hard-core” GitS fans were disappointed apparently, but, considering the quality of other film adaptations of anime, they were being unduly harsh.

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  May 10, 2018

  literary critique, literature, review, thought piece, Uncategorized, video

  adaptations, anime, asia, asian culture, claims, culture, film, ghost in the shell, hollywood, ideas, japanese culture, literature, opinion, scarlett johansson, video, whitewashing, writing