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The future is sci-fi: Metropolis' critique of capitalism endures, even if its solution to class conflict does not
Prahlad Srihari • 5 years agoMetropolis, 1927, has been regarded as a pioneering work of science fiction not only for its use of special effects or depiction of artificial intelligence (AI) but also for the political allegory at its core | From our #SciFiSeers series, where we look at the 2020s, as predicted by the pop culture of the past
The future is sci-fi: Her and human-AI relationships — is dating Siri or Alexa necessarily a bad thing?
Prahlad Srihari • 5 years agoWhat if humans and AI could coexist harmoniously? Perhaps, our relationship with AI will be nothing but a natural extension of the platonic friendship we now share with Siri or Alexa. Only, it may not necessarily be platonic in the future.
The future is sci-fi: Soylent Green, climate change and the slippery slope from capitalism to cannibalism
Prahlad Srihari • 5 years agoEven if world leaders respond to our plea to fight climate change with sneering comments, we — like Thunberg — must never stop from calling them out for their inaction. The future of humanity rests on it.
The future is sci-fi: A vision of the 2020s, seen through seven works of pop culture from the past
Prahlad Srihari • 5 years agoAs we embark on a new decade, how do visions of the 2020s — imagined in books like Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, films like Soylent Green, or even manga like Ghost in the Shell — match up against our reality? In this special series, we look at six pop culture artefacts from the past that foretold the future, providing a prophetic glimpse of the decade we’re now entering | #SciFiSeers