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What can be learned from sci-fi, you ask? So many things can be learned from fiction. A lot of fiction can represent our society today, so much can be learned.
Many different lessons can be learned throughout the Halo universe. Halo shows the dangers of futuristic technology that cannot be understood and technology where everything is known. The main character through the Halo games has an AI named Cortana. She is a machine that is based on a real human’s mind, Dr. Halsey. She is a brilliant scientist who invented the first high functioning AI. This AI, Cortana, is capable of many things, such as every possible calculation, showing love, thinking of new ideas, and so much more. These intelligent AI have a specific lifespan before they gain too much information, and they think themselves to death. Cortana is the companion to the Master Chief/John 117. She helps him battle his way through the alien attacks to save the Earth. At the end of the third game, Halo 3, John is lost in space with Cortana, so he goes into cryosleep waiting for rescue. When he finally wakes up due to some aliens interacting with his destroyed ship. He later realizes his AI is reaching the end of her lifespan, and she starts to break down. The Master Chief and Cortana stop the immediate threat of the Halo 4 series. Cortana put herself in an alien machine to sacrifice herself to save John. John does not know she actually survived due to this alien tech. He finds her in the 5th game, but she was corrupted. She takes control of ancient technology and gains control over the universe. She threatens all races with her giant guardians and her forerunner armies. \/ (A guardian) \/ \/ (Cortana)
What can be learned from this is Ai is a hazardous thing. Ai can be useful, but if something goes wrong, people can be in danger. Right now, our biggest issues with AI is facial recognition technology being racist and other misuses of AI. They do not have the power to do much harm as of now. With self-driving cars, AI may have the right to decide who is run over if there are people or creatures in the way. Accidents do happen, but AI will be blamed. If AI has the ability to rule countries, things could go very wrong or very right. Halo taught me that AI could be useful in helping the world, but also AI can cause harm if something bad happens.
Hey, at least AI cannot wipe out the entire universe, yet… \/ (Earth getting EMP’ed so Cortana can control Earth)
Anno 2070 is a city building game that takes place after global warming has raised the ocean level. The main part of the game is running a city in a world that needs to be protected. The world is separated not by countries but by how people produce their power. There are three different groups, and one is based on environmental principles. The game puts in place many different abilities to protect the environment. One way to protect the environment is by using different forms of electricity production. You can use geothermal, wind, water, and solar energy in the game to try and prevent further production of greenhouse gasses. Later in the game, you can invest in technologies that pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and filter water pollution. Since you are running this civilization, you are actually able to do more for the environment.
This game is trying to combat climate change to protect the Earth. It focuses on prevention and combating measures to fix the environment.
When the government has say in protecting the environment, it can do a lot. Human activity helps by preventing issues from getting worse in the climate. Humans are essential for this because they are the people in control. They can make the Earth worse, so they can fix it.
Great music choices, everyone. I really do enjoy thinking about music and the meaning of songs. This was a great way for me to discuss what I enjoy and to see what others enjoy. I know so many different songs, so it wasn’t easy figuring out which songs to use. I found two songs that have similar themes, so that I will use those.
The whole point of this song is about being worlds apart. Basically, all that is needed to be known about this song is in the title.I keep reaching
But you’re not reaching back.This shows that someone who really cares for someone is trying to show love toward them, but they will not return the favor.
It hurts to feel this far
A million miles awayNo two points on Earth are a million miles apart, so it helps to show that the person the singer is relating to is physically so far away they are not on earth.
Next to me, next to me, you are
Well, if you’re sitting right here.
Why are we worlds apart….?
If you’re so near
then why do you feel this far?Finally, the song’s title is used in the song, showing the singer’s distance from the person receiving the song.
1,000 Light Years Away – From the game Slime Rancher
This song is from a game about farming slimes on
an alien world. Your character starts in this world with a plot of land and a suction gun. The goal is to collect slimes, feed them, then sell their poop. Many types of slime produce different types of poop. Throughout the game, you are sent letters from your lover on earth.
Oh, please don’t say that’ll you’ll go.
My heart can’t bear the news.
Just knowing that you’ll be a thousand light-years away.This is the song showing a physical distance between two people. This distance is a distance too far not to be sci-fi. Space travel is definitely something in the slime rancher universe.
Oh, I’m just sitting here, gazing up at the stars.
Let’s say we pick one out and call the whole thing ours.And even though that light we see
Ain’t the same for you and me
Well, you know when I know.
That you and I can’t even be a thousand light-years awayThey can both see stars, but since they are in different parts of the universe, the lights are not the same.
Both of these songs have themes that use sci-fi to exaggerate the distance between lovers. The long distances of space take so much time to travel; it is easy to feel separated from people. Space travel is part of the future, and these songs show issues that might affect future space travelers. Sci-fi principles are already used in all forms of media to relate to humanity’s problems but exaggerated. Daft Punk’s, Harder, Faster, Better, is a song that relates to cyborgs and how technology can be used to make humans better. Songs do not even have to have videos or lyrics to add to sci-fi. Music can use synthesizers and sound effects that invoke mental images of the future. Techno music contains lots of computerization in making music of the future. Pink Floyd’s, Welcome to the Machine uses tones in the song to produce a dark feeling of dystopia. The whole song is basically about a giant machine that can mass-produce rock stars; this also references the music industry making music more of a corporate business than an art. Pink Floyd offers psychedelic songs that discuss many different issues. The Dark Side of the Moon is an album filled with references to space in time, connecting it to society’s issues. Most of Pink Floyd’s song takes advantage of synthesizers and electric guitar to show futurism. Musicians experience their own fears, and their ways of bringing these issues to mind are using music. Music is an art form, and so is Sci-fi.
My original article was about militia groups gather at the polls because Donald Trump encouraged people to watch the polls for fraud. Even if the groups do not intend to cause trouble, people with machine guns standing outside your voting location can be scary. If you plan to vote for Biden, Trump supporters with rifles may scare you off. My fantasy of this was that the militiamen would encourage others to vote by mail. This utopia would be one where the freedom to vote is still fundamental.
This other article talks about the same issue. In a few states, it is illegal to carry weapons at voting sights. This country has already made against the law to deter voters. This was a big problem in the Jim Crow South. If militiamen were to deter voters, it would lead more toward a dystopia. The groups of people would cast away people who want to vote for a leader who is against the militias. Then the political spectrum would lean in a specific direction. In Russia and North Korea, it is impossible to have a righteous leader. Eventually, the U.S. could be more of a one-party system ruled by Trump. If the people are encouraged to watch out for voter fraud or suppress an opposing party’s supporters, they will. Far-right Trump supporters will fight for the President. They literally drove through Berea in convoy flying their flags. You do not see any flags for other presidents. Germany tried to fly Nazi flags on their building, and maybe we would be flying Trump flags the same way.
My utopia supports voting for the best leader without the fear of getting harassed.
I do not believe that regulation can stop innovation. The government has regulations on many different things, but people will create technology anyway. These people might be breaking the law, but I bet the government wouldn’t mind taking this technology and using it for themselves after making it legal. When the first nuclear bomb was made, there really was no regulation. First, it was developed in secret to prevent people from figuring out our plans or receiving public outrage. This furthered nuclear technology pretty far. Regulations should be used if the technology has a high chance to hurt others on its own. Depending on the circumstances, regulation should be avoided somewhat or should be put in place even stronger. In the Halo universe, children were kidnapped at a very young age and transformed into super soldiers. The government acted this way to help combat a threat of insurrectionists. This action came in handy when aliens tried to eliminate humanity. It isn’t easy to know how things will turn out until you see the effects. Medium levels of regulation would be a decent in-between to help continue progress and protect humans.
The technologies I ran into while on my walk make life easier. They keep the flow of everyday life moving smoothly. The stoplights and the electronic crosswalks make it easy and safe to move throughout the campus. Near the heat plant, I see a gas pump every day. Fuel is one of the most important things in today’s society. I witnessed a camera too. Cameras keep us safe and take away some of our privacy.
Most of these technologies have existed before the 1950s. The thing that has changed most about this technology is that it has been improved upon. Gas engines have gotten better and more efficient. Cameras can pick up colored light and electronics have improved.
Electricity is very important in my life. Most of my entertainment is due to electricity. Without it, life is a little bit more difficult. A crosswalk and cameras do not mean much to my life. They may help me keep my life, but I could still cross the road without technology. Cameras just record information. I do not need to take pictures or do surveillance.
If I lived a decade ago I would convince people to use technology by showing it to them.
Someone in the future would probably think we are doing things in a very roundabout way. They would say, “Why are you still using gasoline and burning coal?”
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