I’d like to talk about how AI is represented in media, be that games, movies, tv, books, or even ads, and use that topic as a sort of jumping off point to talk about why we personify things that aren’t human as well as how and why we dehumanize other people.
This topic would need to utilize lots of different types of sources. The paper would definitely use the various pieces of media it would cover, as well as sources discussing philosophy, sociology and psychology. It’d definitely be a bit of a beast in terms of research, just due to the shear volume of content that could, and in my opinion should, be covered. There are a lot of loaded concepts that are inherently tied to this topic, which is to be expected with a topic that is explicitly seeking to find an answer to why we as people are just awful to one another, so another possible issue might be a difficulty detaching my personal beliefs from what is discussed. However that could also be a boon instead of a curse.
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First off, I just wanted to say that I really love the idea you have for your proposal!! I guess to ask a specific question mine would be, what media would you be primarily focusing on, I think I remember Professor L stating you mostly seemed interested in video games during this class so I’m also very curious if you had any specific games in mind that you wished to talk about in your research??