CPSC 415

Category: movies

  • Hasta la vista, baby

    John Connor and Arnie’s gang will face-off in the classic time-travel duel to the death, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, at 7pm tomorrow (Wed Nov 29) in the HCC Digital Auditorium! Come with me if you want to live!

  • Movie night make-up

    For up to +6XP, watch “Measure of a Man” — Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2 Episode 9 — on your own. (It’s on Amazon for $2.99, and other places I’m sure.) Then, compose well-written answers to these questions in an email to Stephen, with subject line “CPSC 415 – Star Trek,” no later…

  • Uggggh Stephen’s sick

    I really hate to do this, especially this late in the semester and right before the break, but I came down with a nasty head cold yesterday which is kicking my butt. I’m forced to cancel class, office hours, and movie night tonight. Also, just pragmatically, I’m also going to cancel class next Tuesday (right…

  • Movie switch?

    There’s an in-class activity I want to do that’s based on a scene from Terminator 2. For that reason, I’d like to swap the next two movie nights: watch T2 tomorrow night (Nov 16) and wait until Nov 29 to watch Star Trek: TNG — “The Measure of a Man.” Please vote and tell me…

  • Stop yer caterwaulin’ and get a wiggle on

    Light a shuck from all yer studyin’ and head on over to ‘dat HCC new-fangled auditorium on Monday Nov 6th and Tuesday Nov 7th at 7pm! We’ll yarn the hours away watching the first two episodes of Westworld season one, and gettin’ a wobblin’ jaw afterwards. Btw, I figgered it was a fair shake to…

  • To cede, or not to cede? (high-stakes decision making to AI)

    Check out these intriguing observations on the prospects and perils of letting AI make high-stakes decisions. See especially Rishi’s, which set the all-time record for longest paragraph in the English language.

  • Extra movie night scheduled

    The second of our two Star Trek episodes has been scheduled for 7pm Monday, Nov 6th in our usual location. Come to the HCC, where no one has gone before! (not really)

  • Reflection

    Whether or not you were at the Star Trek movie night, I’ll offer +3XP for a thoughtful 1-2 paragraph answer to this question: “Consider the question of whether, and how much, to cede high-stakes decision-making power to AI. In answering that question, what aspects of making emotionally-fraught, ethically-based decisions do humans tend to be good…

  • The Measure of a Man

    Join us tomorrow night (Mon, Oct 23) at 7pm in the HCC Digital Auditorium for a viewing and discussion of two classic Star Trek episodes on the theme of AI! “Pinocchio is broken; its strings have been cut.”

  • What is a soul? and other observations

    Check out these reflections on Blade Runner 2049 from some young geniuses in the field.