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Please Prove You’re Not a Robot

By TIM WU        NYT        JULY 15, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/
opinion/sunday/please-prove-youre-not-a-robot.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “One of Them Is a Human #1” by Maija Tammi,

part of a wider series by Ms. Tammi featuring androids.

 

Photograph: Maija Tammi

via National Portrait Gallery

 

Do Androids Dream of Being Featured in Portrait Competitions?

NYT

SEPT. 6, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/
arts/design/taylor-wessing-photo-portrait-prize-do-androids-dream-of-being-featured.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit: Become Human (Sony)

 

OK, so No Man’s Sky now has another E3 to thrill us all,

but lets look instead at another intriguing Sony exclusive:

the latest title from Quantic Dream.

 

It’s a timely tale of intelligent human-like androids

looking for acceptance and meaning,

but probably more likely to discover

tragedy and quick-time events.

 

Photograph: Sony

 

E3 2016: our 16 most anticipated games

G

Thursday 9 June 2016    09.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2016/jun/09/
e3-2016-our-16-most-anticipated-games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M3GAN - official trailer 2

Video    Universal Pictures    2022

 

she's more than a toy. she's family.

From the most prolific minds in horror

—James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw,

Insidious and The Conjuring franchises,

and Blumhouse, the producer of the Halloween films,

The Black Phone and The Invisible Man—

comes a fresh new face in terror.

 

M3GAN is a marvel of artificial intelligence,

a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s greatest companion

and a parent’s greatest ally.

 

Designed by brilliant toy-company roboticist Gemma

(Get Out’s Allison Williams),

M3GAN can listen and watch and learn

as she becomes friend and teacher, playmate and protector,

for the child she is bonded to.

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoDHM_A1axc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robots in disguise:

does tech need a human face?

G    19 November 2020

 

 

 

 

Robots in disguise: does tech need a human face?

Video        G        19 November 2020

 

Many robots are designed with a face

– like Hitchbot or Pepper robot –

yet don't use their 'eyes' to see, or speak through their 'mouth'.

Given that some of the more realistic humanoid robots, like Sophia,

are widely considered to be unnerving,

and that humans have a propensity to anthropomorphise such designs in technology,

should robots have faces at all - or do these faces provide other important functions?

 

And what should they actually look like anyway? Richard Sprenger explains

G

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqhaNUjFI38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot

NYT    11 May 2016

 

 

 

 

ScienceTake | Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot

Video        The New York Times        NYT        11 May 2016

 

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=-zPB2ptu3n4

 

Related

ScienceTake | Meet the Humanoid Mer-Bot        NYT        May 2016

By SAMANTHA STARK and JAMES GORMAN

http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/
100000004391469/sciencetake-meet-the-humanoid-mer-bot.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

human-like android        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gallery/2016/jun/09/
e3-2016-our-16-most-anticipated-games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

android        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/
745111782/actor-rutger-hauer-dies-at-75-played-complex-android-in-blade-runner

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/
arts/design/taylor-wessing-photo-portrait-prize-do-androids-dream-of-being-featured.html

 

https://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/
495913292/old-west-gunslinging-meets-futuristic-androids-in-hbos-westworld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

humanoid robot        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/14/
robot-receptionists-hospitals-belgium-pepper-humanoid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

humanoid        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/
100000004391469/sciencetake-meet-the-humanoid-mer-bot.html - May 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

humanoid robot        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/12/16/
563075762/hi-robot-adults-children-and-the-uncanny-valley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

girlbot        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/04/
m3gan-review-girlbot-horror-offers-entertaining-spin-on-teenage-growing-pains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

face        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2020/nov/19/
should-robots-have-faces-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 sentient, artificially intelligent robot >

novels / books > 'Murderbot'        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/10/
852739193/murderbot-makes-a-triumphant-and-cranky-return-in-network-effect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

movies > 2022 > USA > M3gan > girlbot        UK

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3GAN

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/09/
m3gan-evil-doll-horror-m3gan-deeper-issues

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/04/
m3gan-review-girlbot-horror-offers-entertaining-spin-on-teenage-growing-pains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cyborg law enforcer > RoboCop

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
RoboCop - 1987

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/17/
movies/film-robocop-police-drama-with-peter-weller.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

movies > 1982 > Blade Runner > replicant        USA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhJ7Mf2Oxs

 

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/25/
movies/futuristic-blade-runner.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon > Alexa        USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/
opinion/sunday/children-alexa-echo-robots.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google’s massive humanoid robot        UK

 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/21/
googles-massive-humanoid-robot-can-now-walk-and-move-without-wires

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

software emulations of human brains    EMS        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/15/
the-age-of-em-work-love-and-life-
when-robots-rule-the-earth-robin-hanson-review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Related

 

The New York Times > Technology        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/section/
technology

 

 

NPR > Robotics        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/
163718918/robotics

 

 

 

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