[NEWS] Three links about sci-fi and pop culture: Westworld and AI, machine learning, Janelle Monáe

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• This fascinating look at Westworld takes a look at how changing representations of artificial intelligence influence storylines in pop culture, as we shift from fear of AI to potential sympathy. The AV Club has it.


• Machine learning these days is demonstrating an astounding ability to understand complex systems. Quanta Magazine has it.


• io9 notes an upcoming queer Afrofuturist film from Janelle Monáe (also starring Tessa Thompson as a love interest) that sounds amazing.