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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kitchens, Juliette C
• Hawk, Julie L

Titel

“This Is the Next Me”: The Evolution of AI in the Whedonverses

Ist Teil von

• Transmediating the Whedonverse(s), 2019, p.87-116

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Perdigao examines how the multiple worlds of Joss Whedon, spanning more than twenty years, represent a “progressive awakening” about the Singularity, the moment when “human life will be irreversibly transformed” by the pace and impact of technological change (Vinge). The evolution of Whedon’s depictions of AI in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Dollhouse (2009–2010), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and season four of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–), which features Life Model Decoys (LMD), highlights how the writer, director, and producer envisions a posthuman future and the future of television.