Essays about: "Speculative"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 194 essays containing the word Speculative.

  1. 1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
    Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

    Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is this unit created in the image of God? : Artificial intelligence and Lutheran anthropology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Ahlberg; [2024]
    Keywords : Lutheran; artificial intelligence; artificial general intelligence; imago Dei; imago Diaboli; original sin;

    Abstract : In this study, the potential for artificially intelligent sapient life to be integrated into a Lutheran theological anthropology is investigated. The investigation is done via the means of a reconstruction and reactualisation of Lutheran anthropology, applied to the hypothetical scenario of artificial general intelligences having been created. READ MORE

  4. 3. Is this unit created in the image of God? : Artificial intelligence and Lutheran anthropology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Ahlberg; [2024]
    Keywords : Lutheran; artificial intelligence; artificial general intelligence; imago Dei; imago Diaboli; original sin;

    Abstract : In this study, the potential for artificially intelligent sapient life to be integrated into a Lutheran theological anthropology is investigated. The investigation is done via the means of a reconstruction and reactualisation of Lutheran anthropology, applied to the hypothetical scenario of artificial general intelligences having been created. READ MORE

  5. 4. In Between the Bridge

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Barbora Havelcová; [2023]
    Keywords : bridge; modular; vertical comunity; reuse; transportational structure; speculative architecture; carless future;

    Abstract : This project is examining the possibility of reusing a space taken by a transportation structure, the Nuselský most, a bridge located in Prague, and speculates about its uses in a carless future.  A bridge structure is perceived as a connection, a shelter, or a barrier, but how can we use the space In Between the Bridge? The project is connecting future living desires with remains from the past and utilizing a structure that might become obsolete while proposing a vertical community for a post-materialistic generation oriented towards health, nature, self-realization, individualism, and sustainability, supporting social interactions in society. READ MORE

  6. 5. Potential Futures of Social Media : A Speculative Design Approach to Instagram

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Viggo Hasselquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Interaction design; Speculative design; Social media; Instagram; User experience; User habits;

    Abstract : Instagram has around two billion registered users at the time of writing. This puts a lot of responsibility on interaction designers as they implement changes to the user experience. READ MORE