“The maze wasn’t made for you”: Artificial consciousness and reflexive narration in Westworld (HBO, 2016-)
This paper describes how the science fiction television series Westworld (HBO, 2016-present) questions the very nature of consciousness through a reflexive narrative blending matters of free will and self interest with clues on how to write a serial character, thus drawing on the rich heritage of na...
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Language: | English |
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Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures
2018-12-01
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/3040 |