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Lectures
In this section you can find information from the various lecture segments for the course.
Robotics, Mindstorms, Perception, Cognition, Action
In this lecture, Axel talked about a model for robotics (which we see in the Mindstorms system) of perception, cognition, and action.
You can find the presentation slides for this lecture
here.
You can view a video stream of this lecture
here.
Robots in Society
In this lecture, Axel offered a review, through examples from film and writings, of how robots have been viewed in our society.
Here are the works he talked about and showed clips from:
Old Glory Robot Insurance, Saturday Night Live, 1995.
web video Forbidden Planet, dir. Fred M. Wilcox, 1956.
on Netflix
or
UW Library Metropolis, dir. Fritz Lang, 1927.
on Netflix
or
UW Library The Human Use of Human Beings, by Norbert Wiener, 1954
on Amazon
or
UW Library Things to Come, dir. William Cameron Menzies, 1936.
on Netflix
or
UW Library 1984, dir. Michael Radford, 1984.
on Netflix
or
UW Library 2001: A Space Odyssey, dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1968.
on Netflix
or
UW Library Logan's Run, dir. Michael Anderson, 1976.
on Netflix
Blade Runner, dir. Ridley Scott, 1982.
on Netflix
or
UW Library Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, 1932.
on Amazon
or
UW Library
You can view a video stream of this lecture
here.
Automata and Intelligence
In this lecture, Axel screened slected clips from 2001: A Space Odyssey (see links above) and led a discussion about the nature and perception of robotic intelligence.
Here are some words that came up during the discussion:
- tools weapons territory adaptation technology power man bone domination robots apes programs purpose conflict fear organization social units individual group behaviors curiousity agression discovery celebration discrimination protection survival authority thinking mind brain childhood reversion emotionless reboot therapy murder deity infinity
You can view a video stream of this lecture
here.
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