Ready Player 1 assignment: - The game I played was Destiny 1 and Destiny 2. The only difference between the two were UI changes and more map selection. Also, the new game included a new story line. Avatar: How are they different from their real life character? - We interviewed player bestatnick, he said: “My in-game character was a girl and I am a guy in real-life. I choose female avatars because the female characters are smaller, so they are harder to get hit in the game. - My avatar was tall, skinny, and lean to resemble my own physical characteristics. She had long blonde hair as well, even though mine is brown. - She wears a warrior outfit, similar to one you would see in Assassin's Creed. What type of virtual reactions do you have while gaming? - When I game, I feel the same emotions that I do in real life. - If I lose in the game, I feel the same kind of disappointment and frustration I would in the real world. So very similar reactions Are you ever curious to meet your fri...
Notes: Three Laws of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. - A group of armed and helmeted police enter a building. Inside a room four men are surprised that the police have arrived and two draw their weapons and go to the door to start firing. The older man of the group tells the others to stop shooting and as the police storm the room he claims diplomatic immunity. - However, the young programmer has signed a request for asylum. - A voice speaks out and assaults the foreigner, an invisible attacker rips the man apart. - The police fire at the windows -Nakamura goes to a smashed window to see Major Kusanagi falling and becoming invisible as her thermoptic camofl...
The reading that best complimented our team’s overall theme and message presented throughout the poster board was entitled, “The Evitable Conflict.” This short story was written by Isaac Amisov, as it was first published in the June 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. The work also later appeared in Amisov’s I, Robot collection, with continuous themes and features of the same characters. The premise of “The Evitable Conflict'' is set in the year 2052, and sees Earth divided into 4 different geographical regions. These individual reasons all have a powerful supercomputer managing its economy, and the plot centers around members of society who are casting doubt on the accuracy of the computer and its ability to properly carry out what it was programmed to do. The character Stephen Byerley, who has been a recurring character in Amisov’s works, thinks that mistakes made by the computer are directly to blame for economic inefficiency. There are many repetitive ...
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