About: Descant is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 20 publications have been published within this topic receiving 91 citations. The topic is also known as: discant & discantus.
TL;DR: In this paper, the anthropometric turn is used to define the Lawrentian transcendent: after the fall and Woolf's luminance: time out of mid 5. Doubting Beckett: voices descant, stories still Conclusion: Humanness unbound.
Abstract: Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The anthropometric turn 1. Narrating the animal, amputating the soul 2. Conrad and technology: homo-ex-machina 3. The Lawrentian transcendent: after the fall 4. Woolf's luminance: time out of mid 5. Doubting Beckett: voices descant, stories still Conclusion: Humanness unbound Notes Bibliography Index.
TL;DR: Game playing is one of the oldest AI topics, and yet it is worth revisiting in the context of a three-to four-week programming exercise in a one-semester course.
TL;DR: The purpose of this effort was to provide professors with materials that they could use to teach and discuss the ethical and social implications of computer technology, especially artificial intelligence and virtual reality (VR).