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This article examines the science-fiction TV show Caprica from the perspective of the technological utopianisms that are represented in the series. It explores the mechanistic and dualistic conception of the body/mind relationship as... more
This article examines the science-fiction TV show Caprica from the perspective of the technological utopianisms that are represented in the series. It explores the mechanistic and dualistic conception of the body/mind relationship as represented in the series, conveyed through the creation of a new kind of artificial intelligence and the dream of digital immortality through mind uploading or copying. Finally, the show emphasizes how spiritual aspirations related to Gnosticism underpin techno-utopianism as a whole and transhumanism in particular, gradually distancing itself from the traditional debate of natural vs. artificial or materialism vs. spirituality.
Cet article étudie la série de science-fiction Caprica sous l’angle des utopismes technologiques qui y sont représentés. Il examine plus particulièrement la conception mécaniste et dualiste du corps et de la conscience telle que représentée dans la série, qui imagine la naissance d’une intelligence artificielle d’un nouveau type et explore le rêve de l’immortalité digitale. La série souligne ainsi l’importance de l’aspiration spirituelle et du gnosticisme dans les techno-utopismes en général et dans le transhumanisme en particulier, s’éloignant progressivement des termes traditionnels du débat opposant le naturel à l’artificiel ou le matérialisme au spirituel.
Cet article étudie la série de science-fiction Caprica sous l’angle des utopismes technologiques qui y sont représentés. Il examine plus particulièrement la conception mécaniste et dualiste du corps et de la conscience telle que représentée dans la série, qui imagine la naissance d’une intelligence artificielle d’un nouveau type et explore le rêve de l’immortalité digitale. La série souligne ainsi l’importance de l’aspiration spirituelle et du gnosticisme dans les techno-utopismes en général et dans le transhumanisme en particulier, s’éloignant progressivement des termes traditionnels du débat opposant le naturel à l’artificiel ou le matérialisme au spirituel.
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Mehdi Achouche Netflix's Black Mirror (2011-present) is often compared to The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) for its thoughtful science fiction (SF) commentary on contemporary society. Yet, as Joanne Morreale shows in her excellent study of... more
Mehdi Achouche Netflix's Black Mirror (2011-present) is often compared to The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) for its thoughtful science fiction (SF) commentary on contemporary society. Yet, as Joanne Morreale shows in her excellent study of The Outer Limits (1963-1965), it might be with that less well-known SF series that Black Mirror should be compared. The confusion that often occurs between episodes from The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits highlights the many similarities between the two series, with the former's success paving the way for the latter. Morreale's concise book, the latest in the TV Milestones series by Wayne State University Press, can only help bring back into the spotlight a series which over the decades has been unfairly living in the shadow of The Twilight Zone.