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Mayel
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21 May 2013, 12:38 pm

Has anybody heard of this new series called "Almost Human"? It's not been released yet but it will be soon. Looks cyberpunk-influenced which I like but then again, I hope it really tackles dystopian and philosophical themes and is not only about action:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwxg534yAw[/youtube]


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21 May 2013, 3:51 pm

Looks kewl.

I envy his perception tech.

someday soon I really do believe.
but it wont be AIs, it'll be us.


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23 May 2013, 12:25 pm

1401b wrote:
someday soon I really do believe.
but it wont be AIs, it'll be us.


That's what scares me. We wouldn't be truly Human anymore. But that's exactly the way technology is going. And movies like this will do one of 2 things: either make people believe it can't happen because "it's just a movie" (but plenty of seemingly impossible Sci-Fi ideas are now possible, or will be soon), or convince people that it's a great idea. Looking this stuff is up both interesting and frightening.

But the movie looks like it might be good, though I wont be watching it because I know I wont be able to stop thinking about the kind of stuff I've just mentioned here.