Just as the title has indicated, this one is a catch up post.

For week two:

  • Adrian’s been talking about how AI technology has developed and may replace many jobs that human beings do in the future. Yes, it has been a hot topic. I’ve been reading articles on the concerns and speculations about AI and get the conclusion that what matters in the future may only be creativity. That’s just a very general guess made by me with a vision so limited by my knowledge and experience. Due to such a prediction and a trend, one of my friends and I, as we were thinking of ideas for a science fiction, not-so-surprisingly both thought of “what may the world would be when AI truly arrives”. (Still, there aren’t many topics that science fictions generally talks about. ) Anyways, CREATIVITY. Remember to think outside of the box, and beware of the job stealers. 😂😂
  • Examples were given to explain that meanings are only there when there’s a relation. (I suppose it’s like the relativity theory? ) I’ve always thought that humans are powerless. People’s behaviors are constantly influenced by what’s surrounding you. A great example would be me. I am a student who studies overseas and many aspects of me has changed since I came to Melbourne. During elections, I sometimes want to ask: Do you really support liberals because you support what they claim? Well, maybe you do. But, the true reason you support might be it benefits you, or the environment that you grew up in made you to like what they claim. That’s when the idea of relations creates meaning so terrifying. It means that without those relations, I am nothing; with those relations, I have little choice in life. I am just a single stop in that web of relations. I feel so powerless.
  • In addition to the second point, there’s an interesting “Kuleshov effect” mentioned during class that justifies: relations create meanings.
  • Is it possible that someday in the future that we completely abandon the form of a story? I’m not so sure, but we’ve been talking about how it has dominated in human’s world for centuries. But what exactly is a story? Robert Mckee said that:” Story is metaphor for life.” I quite like his expression. In class, we looked at stories as sharing the “hero’s journey” format. Then it is concluded that stories have three important parts: a beginning, events (cause and effect) and an ending. As I understand it, a story must be a series of events that can be comprehended by common logic. Now, let’s get the groundbreaking stuff going. 😉