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Learning from Science Fiction Greg Borenstein MIT Media Lab, Playful Systems

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OpenCV for Processing github.com/atduskgreg

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A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam. — Fredrik Pohl

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“The abrupt jolt into other flesh. Matrix gone, a wave of sound and color . . . She was moving through a crowded street, past stalls vending discount software, prices felt penned on sheets of plastic, fragments of music from countless speakers. Smells of urine, free monomers, perfume, patties of frying krill. For a few frightened seconds he fought helplessly to control her body. Then he willed himself into passivity, became the passenger behind her eyes.”

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thingiverse.com/thing:277787

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Design Fiction vs. Science Fiction

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“the deliberate use of diegetic prototypes to suspend disbelief about change.” — Bruce Sterling

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Keiichi Matsuda Domestic Robocop, 2010

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Veronica Ranner Biophilia, 2011

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Kevin Grennan Prototype Robot Armpit, 2011

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BACKWARDS

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BACKWARDS BEAUTIFUL BUT

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Imagination -> Prediction ! Technology -> Storytelling

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Technology -> Prediction ! Storytelling -> Imagination

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Collaboration with John Powers 2H2K

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2H2K Artificial Labor

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Supervised Learning

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Martin Cuilla 1028 emails

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All science fiction is really about the present. — Cory Doctorow

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Sophia Brueckner Dan Novy

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thanks. gregborenstein.com @atduskgreg