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Welcome to new followers of the blog and podcast, there’s been a number of changes to our social media, Patreon and discord. Apologies for the slight delay of our Livestream as I have just gotten my voice back, but I had already done a very long and detailed Alien News Update the other day so […]

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Sad for fans of @WestworldHBO and shows like Dr Quinn Medicine Woman, the Paramount Ranch western town movie set has burned to the ground in the Woolsey Fire @CBSLA #westworld #Woolseyfire pic.twitter.com/DhZWaGbr6g — John Schreiber (@johnschreiber) November 9, 2018 On Friday as wildfires in California burn out of control in the Agoura Hills, Westworld’s Main […]

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@officerjoek9 joins @muthur9000 in discussing Westworld Episode 2 The Original, Part I. Footnotes: SYNOPSIS WESTWORLD SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 THE CHESTNUT HBO The episode title The Chestnut The chestnut tree is associated with the God Zeus. Ancient Greeks dedicated the sweet chestnut to Zeus and its botanical name Castanea comes from Castonis, a Town in Thessaly in […]

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Title card design by Frans Hattingh This week, @muthur9000 and @traviandesigns start our podcast mini-series with a general discussion about \W/estworld and why we find it so fascinating. Covering such topics as human and artificial consciousness, eternal recurrence, and the shadow self. What terminology we will be using and also what things about the characters journeys […]

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Published with permission. An Analysis of Identity in Artificial Intelligence as presented in Westworld The following essay will aim to explore the concept of true Identity in Artificial Intelligence. The paper will present an analysis of the various ways that the 2016 HBO tv show, Westworld, has portrayed identity and the journey to self-consciousness through […]