How Do You Spell A.I.? by Dan Youra
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How Do You Spell A.I.? is downloadable file that can be printed out by a desktop printer onto separate sheets of paper. Some cartoon pages are in color. Some are black and white. Not all 50 pages have to be printed or compiled into a book. Any can be printed as single sheets of paper.
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How Do You Spell A.I.? is a playful, yet insightful look at Artificial Intelligence from the point of view of a cartoonist who is a commentator on current social and political issue. Dan Youra is more than a cartoonist who draws slapstick antics that one might encounter in scenes of the Roadrunner outsmarting Wiley Coyote. Youra if recognized for his satiric art, where in the history of satire he follows in the footsteps of Jonathon Swift and Thomas Nast. The contribution of satire is to point out the faults and foibles, especially of society's leaders.
In How Do You Spell A.I.? Youra zeros in on the A.I. industrial complex, raising subtly and not so subtly questions of many aspects of A.I.'s sudden explosion unto the social and economic scene with all of its hype, hope, and harrowing stories of projected outcomes promised by, or at least, suggested by the high priests, apostles, and acolytes of the A.I religion.
The method used by this talented artist combines cartoons and jokes. 50 one-page art pieces carry the load of message. The final product is technically not a book. The 50 pages are not meant to be bound with staples and glue. Youra designed the single sheet format to enable readers to shuffle the cartoons into other sequences of thought and giving readers the easy and quick was to share the individual art with friends and family. The size of the sheet of paper and the size of the file is 8.5" by 11." The cartoons are designed to be easily seen and grasped when they are posted on the bulletin boards and walls in classrooms and offices. Even on kitchen refrigerators.
Youra says "The cartoons and jokes are meant to be shared." The subject of A.I. is not an easy one for most people to understand. The implementation of A.I. throughout modern society to the extent envisioned by A.I.'s creators, has ramification beyond the impact of computers over the past 50 years.
