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Haruki Murakami and the Ethics of Translation
No full textIn his paper, Haruki Murakami and the Ethics of Translation, Will Slocombe argues that despite the fact that Murakami has gained world-wide popularity recently, there has been little critical attention to his works outside of the comparatively narrow area of Japanese studies. Slocombe proposes that Murakami is too important an author to be limited in this way because of his definition of translation. For Murakami, translation delineates an operative ethics between Self and Other, a dialogue that is not only between different languages and cultures, but also between the private and political spheres, and between different individuals. Slocombe discusses Murakami\u27s works not as translations from the Japanese but presents an analysis of the theme of translation and its significance in terms of national and global identity in the context of comparative cultural studies. Translation is presented as Murakami\u27s method of defending against hegemonic systems, whether global capitalism, political authoritarianism, or prevailing literary trends
Enforcing Machine Ethics:Considering Governor Modules through Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries
No full textThis chapter examines the ways in which “governor modules,” a form of technological intervention that can control how an AI behaves and is permitted to act, are represented in Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. Exploring the assumptions behind the technology in the series—what kind of actions it prohibits, and how it prohibits them—it then turns to current research in the field of computer science to examine how current models of “model judges” compare to Wells’s fictional setting. In so doing, it seeks to consider how autonomy and agency are constrained by such technologies, and the problems involved in situating and programming such a system
Enforcing Machine Ethics:Considering Governor Modules through Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries
No full textThis chapter examines the ways in which “governor modules,” a form of technological intervention that can control how an AI behaves and is permitted to act, are represented in Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. Exploring the assumptions behind the technology in the series—what kind of actions it prohibits, and how it prohibits them—it then turns to current research in the field of computer science to examine how current models of “model judges” compare to Wells’s fictional setting. In so doing, it seeks to consider how autonomy and agency are constrained by such technologies, and the problems involved in situating and programming such a system
Enforcing Machine Ethics:Considering Governor Modules through Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries
No full textThis chapter examines the ways in which “governor modules,” a form of technological intervention that can control how an AI behaves and is permitted to act, are represented in Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series. Exploring the assumptions behind the technology in the series—what kind of actions it prohibits, and how it prohibits them—it then turns to current research in the field of computer science to examine how current models of “model judges” compare to Wells’s fictional setting. In so doing, it seeks to consider how autonomy and agency are constrained by such technologies, and the problems involved in situating and programming such a system
AIs reading AI narratives?
No full textThis chapter reflects upon representations of AI in literature but does not seek to analyse them as such. Rather, it identifies the various challenges faced by trying to reconstitute ‘AI narratives’ as a discrete corpus of texts to be analysed, whether through human or machine analysis. Outlining the conceptual, ontological, and hermeneutic issues involved in defining such a set of narratives, the chapter foregrounds several direct problems that need to be addressed in order to define ‘AI narratives’ as a coherent corpus. These problems – encompassing ideas about definition, focus, presentation, content, and referentiality – serve to highlight the fundamental misalignment between humanities approaches and those employed by Large Language Models, when it comes to imagine ‘AIs reading AI narratives’
Slocombe, B P, 1201981
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/417372Surname: SLOCOMBE. Given Name(s) or Initials: B P. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 1201981. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: SEA-4908.240152
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Slocombe, R A, VX5560
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/417373Surname: SLOCOMBE. Given Name(s) or Initials: R A. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX5560. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 9076.240154
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Visualising War : Visualising Future Conflict through Storytelling with Matthew Brown, Emily Spiers and Will Slocombe
No full textIn this episode, Alice talks to Dr Emily Spiers, who is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Futures at Lancaster University; Dr Will Slocombe, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool and specialist in Science Fiction; and Lt Col Matthew Brown, Chief of Future Concepts and Strategy with the RAF (on loan from the US Air Force). All three have been collaborating on a project, led by Matthew, that uses fictional storytelling to help members of the RAF and the wider military community visualise what the future may hold. Two editions of the RAF's Stories from the Future have been published already, with more to come soon
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