Cyberpunk

We are as human in the 21st century enjoy significant advancement in technology and culture compare to the last century. One of our newest exploitation is the venturing into artificial intelligence, also known as AI. From the Siri on IPhone to the Cortana of window phone, we are toying with the concept of putting AI into our daily interaction. It's an exciting idea. But little known to us, the idea of AI has been around for a long time. It exists in movies, video games, books, and magazines. One of the most notable science fiction book about AI is the Neuromancer. The book tells us the story about the struggle between two AIs, the Neuromancer and the Wintermute, and the antagonist, Case, who a human got caught in the middle. We will exam the reasons and causes of how and why the struggle between those two AIs unfold and our questions of AI ability to act on its own with human ethic and compassion. From the science fiction novel "Neuromancer" by William Gibson in 1984, the author digitalized the world in his book and told the story by the third point of view using Henry Dorsett Case. The case, a console cowboy, was able to jack into cyberspace using a port in his head. This is really the same as a hacker in the Internet world today. Apparently, Case lost his ability to hack into cyberspace after he made a mistake to his client. Also, this was the time of Wintermute, an AI system built by the Tessier-Ashpool company, started to manipulate him in its grand plan for the purpose…

Beep. Beep. Beep. The alarm next to my bed sounded. Looking up, the clock read 6:00. Time to wake up. Time to save the world. I might not look like much. Average height, average build, and an unmemorable face. None of that matters in the Matrix though. In the Matrix, you can be anything. In the Matrix, I am the most elite hacker in the world. Hacking isn 't like what it used to be. Used to be AI sat there covered in their ice and all you had to do was run a program to break through without…

Cyberpunk There is much controversy on the topic of whether or not technology hinders today’s generation and the influences it has on our future. Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a future setting, prominent for its focus on "high tech and low life". Generally centered on a conflict among artificial intelligences or a mega corporation, cyberpunk does a great job of taking the technology resources we have now and heightening them but not too much to where it doesn’t seem tangible. The…

Daniele Aquino Trigilio, Mike Vis 194s 8/30/16 Final Exam A) Neuromancer and Cyberpunk Film In the famous novel “Neuromancer”, written by William Gibson, was one of the first pieces of literature to introduce Cyberpunk as a subgenre within science-fiction. One major component within cyberpunk, deals with augmentations that are put upon the human being both physically and virtually. To put in perspective, one perfect example of augmentation that appears in Neuromancer, puts forward a…

both the film noir genre to the sub-genre called cyberpunk. Blade Runner takes many of its conventions from film noir, such as its use of a dark urban city, the use of shadows versus light and even the emotions of the characters. Yet, also incorporates the realms of high tech and low-life culture that comes from cyberpunk. Throughout Blade Runner film noir is mixed with the…

There is an element of visionary compulsion in most of us. We can’t help but look into the future with great anticipation of the technological advances which have the potential to both benefit and hinder us. It is innate within man to want to know tomorrow, but tomorrow is not ours to know; it is however ours to ponder. Science fiction (sci-fi), as a genre, provides an outlet for many visionaries to contemplate the endless possibilities of technological advances, and how they will impact our…

William Gibson is an American-Canadian writer who has had a very successful career. Gibson has built an impressive list of accolades including creating a science-fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk, creating the term cyberspace, and being the first author to win the science fiction “triple crown”--the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. What’s even more impressive is the fact that Gibson was able to accomplish all of this with one novel, Neuromancer. Published in 1984,…

Peter Moorhead's Murder is an interactive short story featuring a strong artistic direction and merges visual novel and point-and-click adventure game mechanics in its storytelling. Will the forty-minute inaugural episode of this philosophical cyberpunk murder mystery leave you wanting more? A Cyberpunk Murder Mystery Set In Tokyo Murder's first episode serves an intriguing basis for future episodes, and on its own it is enjoyable and definitely worth the relatively low price of admission.…

no life” (18).The cyberpunk counterculture began as a result of people becoming more aware of these hegemonic powers. By looking at allegorical representations of issues faced in society I will argue that both The Wachowski’s The Matrix (1999) and Lauren Beukes’ Moxyland (2008) critique the idea of hegemonic cultural imperial states defining reality and normality in the societies they dominate. The Matrix shows that this imposed reality can be renegotiated and people are able to escape the…

within the terms – theoretical, historical and aesthetic – of ‘science fiction cinema’? The science fiction genre is difficult to define within a set of conventions. However, through various subgenres and from exploring theoretic ideas, it is evident that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982) fits into the umbrella term of science fiction. The advanced technology of a futuristic society is presented through the creation of the Nexus 6 replicants. Additionally, the vast progression of technology…