CDF Project 1My name is Elizabeth Lister. My nickname is Biff. You may refer to me as either. I’m a senior studying Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie…Sep 2, 2020Sep 2, 2020
Symbiosis: a Hypothetical Curation that I Really Wish Existed NowFor my curation project, I want the viewer to contemplate a more organic view of cyborgs: so many narratives depict the transformation…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018
Impure Information: Subjectivity, Physicality, and Data TransmissionAt its core, information is embodied in the sense that the physical medium it exists in consequently affects how we perceive and process…Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018
Ex Machina and Her: Manic Pixie Dream Robots and Why That’s Both Smart and DumbHer and Ex Machina are two wildly different movies featuring female AIs and men who fall in love with them as main characters. Both Ava and…Sep 16, 2018Sep 16, 2018
Cyborgs: Biological Machines and Mechanical LifeformsA cyborg is a human with large proportions of their body, especially vital ones, replaced by or integrated with mechanical parts controlled…Sep 9, 2018Sep 9, 2018
The Uncanny Valley as an Awareness of DeceptionUnease directed towards the presence of robots, although varying between individuals, is especially prevalent when the robots are meant to…Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
