What’s up, people! Welcome to a brand new installment of Afronerd Radio’sMid Week in Review broadcast airing this Wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern on BTalk 100, your premiere internet radio platform. Listen to your Uru imbued AFROnerdists as they analyze the following topics: burgeoning polymath and comic book writer and founder of Blacktooth Publishing, Omari Malik stops by Afronerd Radio to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign, Blacktooth Battaion, Volume One:
Legendary scribe, Alan Moore is back in the news again discussing his disdain for Hollywood interpreting his IPs (Watchmen, in this case), again; thoughts about DC/Milestone exploring an older Virgil Hawkins in the forthcoming, Static Beyond comic series coming in ’23; after last week’s discussion concerning the concurrent issues with DC Entertainment and Warner-Discovery, now there’s a belief that DC maybe on the road to correction, if not redemption; Conservative pundit and documentarian (What is a Woman) caused a brief internet stir by exclaiming that Anime, in his opinion, was “demonic.”; speaking of anime, did we ever discuss the latest hyped series, Chainsaw Man? Oh…yeah, it is about demons….but still;
And then there’s the Creed sequel (#3) trailer:
More Kanye West shenanigans……just another day, apparently; And lastly, a recent Inverse magazine piece explores how the mythology of Atlantis will be explored in the upcoming, Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever.
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What's up, people! Welcome to a brand new installment of Afronerd Radio'sMid Week in Review broadcast airing this Wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern on BTalk 100, your premiere internet radio platform. Listen to your Uru imbued AFROnerdists as they analyze the following topics: burgeoning polymath and comic book writer and founder of Blacktooth Publishing, Omari Malik stops by Afronerd Radio to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign, Blacktooth Battaion, Volume One:
Legendary scribe, Alan Moore is back in the news again discussing his disdain for Hollywood interpreting his IPs (Watchmen, in this case), again; thoughts about DC/Milestone exploring an older Virgil Hawkins in the forthcoming, Static Beyond comic series coming in '23; after last week's discussion concerning the concurrent issues with DC Entertainment and Warner-Discovery, now there's a belief that DC maybe on the road to correction, if not redemption; Conservative pundit and documentarian (What is a Woman) caused a brief internet stir by exclaiming that Anime, in his opinion, was "demonic."; speaking of anime, did we ever discuss the latest hyped series, Chainsaw Man? Oh...yeah, it is about demons....but still;
And then there's the Creed sequel (#3) trailer:
More Kanye West shenanigans......just another day, apparently; And lastly, a recent Inverse magazine piece explores how the mythology of Atlantis will be explored in the upcoming, Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever.
One thing that Dburt is doing (finally) is investing in cryptocurrency, courtesy of Roundlyx. We would implore our followers to investigate, discern and then explore by using our referral code: afro-87A4BF
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After 7 seasons on ABC, could we see the return of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD? But more substantially in the MCU; And if time permits, we can discuss the recent CREED 3 trailer; Equalizer 3 with Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua returning and DC Power: A Celebration#1, just in time for Black History Month 2023.
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BGN interviews the cast of the Apple TV+ Series Ghostwriter.
Featured in the interviews are: Princess Mapp (Nia), Nour Assaf (Samir), and Daire McLeod (Charlie).
When a ghost haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends works to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. While tackling the big mystery, the young heroes embark on six curious adventures with characters inspired by L. Frank Baum’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”; author Pablo Cartaya’s “¡Leo! El Magnífico”; Beverly Cleary’s novel “The Mouse and the Motorcycle”; Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s song “She’s A Rainbow”; E.B. White’s book “Charlotte’s Web”; and Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale “Bayou Magic.”
With the new surge in artificial intelligence’s abilities, more people are asking what constitutes art. AI images from text prompts in programs like DALL-E and Midjourney are everywhere these days and are constantly improving. The existence of an artificially intelligent robot named Ai-da also means we have to ask what constitutes an artist. Ai-da exhibited a series of self-portraits at London’s Design Museum last year, which you can see in the video below. She continues to create art so us mere mortals must confront how technology and creativity intersect.
We learned about Ai-da on Boing Boing. She is named after Ada Lovelace, the 19th century mathematician widely regarded as the first computer programmer. Ai-da’s metal hand can hold a pencil and she draws what her camera eyes see. Her programming dictates that she never sketches the same thing twice. She has a silicone head and torso and rocks several different hairstyles. Via a computerized voice, Ai-da has even given a TEDx Talk about herself and what her art means for humanity and the future of artificial intelligence.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans like me may be getting flashbacks a different Aida. Season four’s villain, and one of the best of the entire series, A.I.D.A. began as an artificial intelligent digital assistant. She desires to be real and transforms herself and then the world around her to suit her selfish purposes. She even declares herself Madame Hydra and eventually gains human emotions and inhuman powers. What could possibly go wrong? Hopefully this real-life Ai-da won’t get her robot hands on the Darkhold and head down a dark path.
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Pop culture is full of creative people asking what artificial intelligence means for humanity. Here’s hoping it won’t turn out as badly, or put us on the darkest timeline, now that we have the technology to act it out in reality.
Melissa is Nerdist’s science & technology staff writer. She never turns down an opportunity to talk about the Framework. Melissa also moderates “science of” panels at conventions and co-hosts Star Warsologies, a podcast about science and Star Wars. Follow her on Twitter @melissatruth.
