Sentences with phrase «of dystopian future»

There are recently published macro studies like Max Tegmark's Life 3.0 which opens with an apocalyptic (fictional) vision of a dystopian future from w which we are to be (putatively) saved by the (real) intervention of such as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking to support the work... Continue reading Artificial Intelligence, Legal Services and Justice →

I guess I'll just have to wait for cockroach milk, described by fellow TreeHugger writer Derek as «the nightmare superfood of our dystopian future,» to hit the supermarket shelves — because, surely, there's nothing I could possibly find wrong with that, right?

If you want to see the future they want for you I'd suggest that you watch a movie titled THX 1138 for a great view of the dystopian future they have planned for you.

«This body of work presents a significant shift for MacPhee who is known for her use of architecture and architectural forms to create narratives around the ideas of a dystopian future / past.

Alexis Vaillant I'm looking forward to Simon Thompson's Proposed Mural for Sick Children, based on a drawing he showed at Galerie Daniel Buchholz in Cologne last May; the surprises of Berlin's project space, Silberkuppe; Stuttgart's Hermes und der Pfau, and Mark von Schlegell's explorations of a dystopian future.

Leonhardt's gradient chromatic sweeps have the fervor of a deep autumnal shade or the bleakness of a Dystopian future.

This visionary work of dystopian future manage to captivate the minds of audiences and scare them to the bones, giving nightmares to generations of viewers.

Noir — A dark, grimy city map inspired by futuristic Brooklyn at night, Noir is a classic three - lane map set against a backdrop of a dystopian future, filled with cafes and parks surrounding a brutal downtown warzone.

In another Blindflug title, Cloud Chasers — also coming to Hatch — a father and daughter are climate refugees forced to navigate the harsh desert landscapes of a dystopian future.

The vision of a dystopian future that has had the greatest influence over publishing in recent times came not from a novel created for young adult readers, however; it is in fact the fate suffered by the music industry in its attempts to deal with to digital disruption.

Mina's family told her to write her own bio, something about how she doesn't like dark gritty superhero movies (she doesn't) or tales of the dystopian future, but really, there isn't very much more to say.

Does this sound ridiculous, a perverse fantasy of some balkanized Web of the dystopian future?

Denis immediately thrusts us into a technology trenched California of the dystopian future which show us his trademark of aerial view visuals that immerse the audience as intimately as he can and the show goes on from there.

This game, based on the tabletop RPG game of the same name drops players smack dab in the middle of a dystopian future with nothing to your name expect a gun and your quest to find your missing brother.

The story in Primordia is one of a dystopian future ruled by the metal class.

I'm of the age where I can remember the original being released and, although I was too young to see it in the cinema at the time, VHS meant it was ripe for repeat viewings and fully submerging yourself within its original portrayal of a dystopian future aligned with the majestic Vangelis soundtrack....

It's a tale of the consequences of rampant fear of the outsider, filtered through the lens of a dystopian future, filled with an abundance of jokes, and set against the meticulously crafted worlds of an island of garbage and the pristine order of an engineered metropolis.

Now, it might be exaggerated when the media constantly paints a picture of a dystopian future where school classrooms are empty and civilians stride through the streets hastily while wearing face masks and talking to no - one.

But even Orwell, with all his visions of a dystopian future, restricted this unbridled hate to a daily two - minute period.

On shelf after shelf in the Indigo bookstore downstairs, they're peddling the same story, that of a dystopian future where teens are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of adults.

Firstly it is almost futuristic in its sound and pronunciation conjuring up images of dystopian futures.

Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent in modern filmmaking as portraits of dystopian futures or cliché - ridden teen angst.

So, brace yourself for an exciting assortment of space operas, a gritty collection of dystopian futures, and a little dash of steampunk for flavor.

The Hunger Games, The Divergent series, Mad Max: Fury Road, and the upcoming Ready Player One are all recent cinematic examples of dystopian futures.

However, the desirability and practicality of such spaces remains unclear, allowing the work to carry undercurrents of the ongoing commodification of natural resources and the potential of dystopian futures.

Not exact matches

To go along with the «dystopian future» vibe, the club's managing partner Peter Feinstein told The Daily Beast that his club is using the robot strippers as a means of attracting a more diverse crowd.

«In a dystopian future, I'm not allowed to enter a Pizza Hut because my identity says I'm overweight, and there's some kind of overweight tax.

While the 1987 movie — and the forthcoming remake — paints a dystopian picture of policing the future, today's robot makers are producing a range of less threatening creations.

That said, nothing makes me feel quite as anxious as when I watch or read a futuristic sci - fi about a dystopian future of an abandoned society crumbled by technology.

Bignall stresses that Americans» perceptions of robots is altered by a cultural lens which depicts them as an existential threat — one that costs blue - collar workers their livelihood and down the line could endanger society as a whole (think the dystopian future in «Terminator»).

They may be viewed as an object lesson for a dystopian future of debt peonage.

Back in May 2017, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, issued a warning about the future of artificial intelligence and the potential for a dystopian, 1984 - like future.

Here's the synopsis: In a dystopian future, every American spends most of their time in a VR video game called The Oasis.

The biblical prophets used some devices of dystopian writing to drive home the message that the disastrous future was already breaking into the present; but within the Covenant framework they could locate hope.

Fahrenheit 451 remains in the public consciousness for its searing critique of censorship (451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns — in Bradbury's dystopian view of the future, that temperature is used to burn books) and control over learning and intellectual pursuit.

Prof Crook is sceptical of the speculative futures (dystopian or otherwise) envisaged by sci - fi films where an AI «singularity» occurs and machines become self - aware as they transcend the intelligence of their human creators.

Unless these trends reverse quickly, we will find our future even closer to the dystopian nightmare of James's novel.

Set it in a dystopian future in which only your hero stands between civilisation and a 1,000 - year reign of terror?

In the futuristic Metropolis, (and almost every dystopian future) wealth and privilege are reserved for an upper crust of society, while an enslaved working class allows for excesses and keeps the city running.

In each of these novels — by Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury — books become an enemy because they represent a written record of the past to a dystopian future where the past is something to forget.

Or to create SkyNet and inadvertently send us all into the dystopian future of the Terminator film franchise.

«In some dystopian future, you might imagine reference patterns for 10,000 mental states, but that would be a woeful application of this technology,» says Greicius.

It feels like the dystopian future of countries managed by major conglomerates dawns ever closer.

The episode offers a dystopian take on the future of online dating.

PLOT In a dystopian future, the victors of a deadly competition become symbols of a populist uprising.

Convinced by ambitious scientist Bolivar Trask (Peter Dinklage) that the solution to the problem is to green - light a line of mutant - targeting drones called Sentinels, Tricky Dick acts with predictably self - serving expediency — and inadvertently triggers a series of events that leads to a dystopian future in which humans and mutants alike teeter on the verge of extinction.

Niccol's tech - heavy view of the future strays far from the dystopian wasteland and ultra-flashy perspectives favored by science fiction films.

With The Hunger Games» dystopian view of the future of North America, we recap Hollywood's best to worst visions of corrupt governments, sinister medical programs, and hellish landscapes.

The fantastic A New Tomorrow: Visions of the Future in Cinema program currently screening at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art includes two dystopian features that delve beyond the humour to explore the reality of the dichotomy of both unwanted and desperately needed offspring, courtesy of Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of Meof the Future in Cinema program currently screening at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art includes two dystopian features that delve beyond the humour to explore the reality of the dichotomy of both unwanted and desperately needed offspring, courtesy of Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of Meof Modern Art includes two dystopian features that delve beyond the humour to explore the reality of the dichotomy of both unwanted and desperately needed offspring, courtesy of Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of Meof the dichotomy of both unwanted and desperately needed offspring, courtesy of Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of Meof both unwanted and desperately needed offspring, courtesy of Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of Meof Andrew Niccol's 1997 effort Gattaca and Alfonso 2006 offering Children Of MeOf Men.

And certainly, as far as stories about a dystopian future go, it can't get much bleaker than director Ridley Scott's imagining of Los Angeles in the (then) far future of 2019.