<b>Waiting for R2D2</b> // Esperando a R2D2

Authors

  • Anthony Francis Lioi The Juilliard School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2017.8.2.1708

Abstract

      This is a personal essay in which I reflect on the possibility of benevolent artificial intelligence using the figure of R2D2 from Star Wars.

 

Resumen

      Este es un ensayo personal en el que reflexiono sobre la posibilidad de la inteligencia artificial benévola usando la figura de R2D2 de Star Wars.

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Author Biography

Anthony Francis Lioi, The Juilliard School

Anthony Lioi is Associate Professor of Liberal Arts and English at the Juilliard School in New York City. He is the author of Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture (Bloomsbury Academic 2016). He is the outgoing co-president of ASLE: Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (USA).

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Published

2017-10-31

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2017): Green Computer and Video Games

Section

Creative Writing and Arts

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