Christos Tziagkanas

Currently a Master's student of North American Studies in Berlin. The two fields of my study and specialization are culture and literature and my research covers a broad area of interconnecting topics of race and post-colonialism, gender studies and post-humanism in-between these two disciplines.
Mirroring Humans through Westworld’s Othered Artificial Intelligence
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Mirroring Humans through Westworld’s Othered Artificial Intelligence

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 / 27 November 2018

In the fantasy world of AI-populated Westworld, unchecked humankind regresses into violence toward the "Other" -- just as we do in the chaotic real world. Is that the essence of human nature, to always reject its' self as seen in the visage of the Other?