The film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick, follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists and the sentient supercomputer HAL 9000 to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith. The movie itself is about transformation. The beginning of the film starts off with what is called the “Dawn of Man”. During this scene, it shows the evolution of the apes, and then dives into the future of humanity. The movie later on transitions into an advanced space technology. The effects and rapid movements displayed shows that the setting is techologically advancing. The first depiction of technology begins when the apes struggle to survive in the harsh prehistoric landscape, which was in the Dawn of Man sequence. One of the apes were inspired by the mysterious black monolith and picks up a bone, realizing that the bone can be used as a weapon. This is the most fundamental statement on technology because it is an extension of intelligence, a mean of control and ultimately a tool of power. The bone, which was originally used to smash other bones out of curiosity, quickly became a weapon of dominance, allowing the apes to take control of a water hole from a rival group. The setting of outer space correlates with the stage of evolution in this scene. The connection of both the spacecraft and the bone shows that space travel and technology is like using the bone as a tool. Kubrick’s match cut from the spinning bone to a futuristic spacecraft billions of years later suggests that all human technological progress is a part of a continuous tragectory: implying that the same instincts that drove early humans to wield weapons still drive humanity’s techological ambitions. Overall, I think the movie was interesting to watch. It’s visually stunning and had advanced filmmaking at the time it was made. The ending took me by surprise.
Author: madwarr
One topic that looks the most intriguing to me is where we will write an AI fiction. AI is everywhere in our world, and I think to me this will be a topic will be interesting to write about. It plays a role in some people’s lives. People use it to get answers from it or ideas that they might have not thought of before. I tend to use it for the same reasons. Also, the topic “Early Computing” sounds interesting to me because I’m into computers and learning about computing, so I think going into this topic would help me learn more about computing and technology in general. As the semester goes on, I would like to dive deeper into AI because of how it is now a part of many social media apps and used by a lot of people. I would also like to dive deeper into computing to get more knowledge on it and how it started.
- Make a list of the social media platforms you’re active on.
- YouTube
- Snapchat
- TikTok
2. Who are you speaking to (or listening to) on each one? What communities are you participating in?
- In each one, I watch how to videos, like for food or crafting items. For YouTube specifically, I watch those types of videos or gaming channels for laughs. That is also one of the communities that I participate in.
3. What do you share about yourself on each platform? What do you keep private?
- I usually share about who I am as a person and what I’m interested in doing throughout my life. What I keep private are things like my address, my phone number, family information and so forth.
4. Think about this class as a digital community of colleagues. What information do you want us to know about you?
- Hello! You can call me by my first name, Madison. I’m from the south suburbs of Chicago. I’m 20 years old in my sophmore year of college. I’m majoring in computer science cybersecurity. My favorite color is blue. My favorite food is shrimp alfredo, but I have other favorites, such as macaroni and cheese, greens, sushi and oysters. I’m sometimes a nerd, who likes to play video games on occasions and watch other people play games. I like to go out and practice bowling or skating if there is time to do so. I was also into playing the violin but stopped playing. I might go back into playing it again sometime in the future. When I was younger, I was on the junior cheerleading team and became homecoming queen at the end. Usually, when people get to know me, they note that I’m quiet in the beginning, and that is because I’m not as comfortable yet as I would be with people I hang out with more often and familiar with. When I become comfortable with people, I start to become myself.
