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The only thing worse than a Terminator is other people
The most consistent character of the Terminator movies isn’t a terminator. It’s a psychiatrist.
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The new BattleBots is harder, better, faster, and finally all grown up
BattleBots, now with 100% more Silicon Valley sheen.
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These robots aren’t here to kill you, and even if they were, they would just fall down
We are nowhere near Terminator’s Judgement Day yet.
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Big Hero 6, the Companion Cube, and the pathos of the posthuman sidekick
The escort mission comes to Hollywood
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The next great video game system may be Twitter
Bots are playing with us and each other.
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Chappie is a terrible, terrible, important movie
Perhaps the most unintelligent film about artificial intelligence ever made.
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Robots: Experts at spotting art forgery, still don’t get art
F is for Fake. R is for Robot.
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In space, everyone can hear you sing along
The Universe is a Small Hat blurs the line between audience and performer.
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How to train your firefighting robot
A droid on every naval ship.
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Techno Tarot offers divination on-the-go
You know, in case your psychic’s not available.
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Red alert: there are now robotic cheetahs
After seeing the “design features” that enable the cheetah to run so fast, I wanted to circle back to Boston Dynamics’ robo-cheetah, which we looked at a few years ago. Their creation isn’t faster than a Ferrari, but with a top speed of 28 miles per hour, it’s faster than Usain Bolt. The concept ren
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The Talos Principle and the philosophical puzzle of being a philosophical puzzler
Fun with cubes and the voice of God.