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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) [video]

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His software sang the words of God, then it went silent

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act

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Gattaca is still pertinent 25 years later

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'Terminator' 1 and 2 Save Their Reveals for the Right Time

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AI will dominate the animation industry in less than 5 years

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Why doesn't Arnold Schwarznegger show up in this query on Google?

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Fantasy Jodorowsky Tron visualisations

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Why Does This Horrifying Woman Keep Appearing in AI-Generated Images?

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Johnny Mnemonic in Black-and-White

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35 years of 'RoboCop': An unforgettable vision of techno-fascist America

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40 years ago, Tron changed sci-fi movies

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Vangelis’ film score for Blade Runner

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‘Blade Runner’ at 40

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We asked 100 humans to draw the DALL·E prompts

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Japanese Words in Neuromancer

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Yep, I created the new Avatar font

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The Influence of Neuromancer on Cyberpunk

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What is the point of imagining new technologies without new ways of living?

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A deleted subplot from “The Matrix” contradicts its sequels

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Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019)

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2049 and the dreams of Philip K. Dick

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The Czech Play That Gave Us the Word ‘Robot’

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Typography in Alien (2014)

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John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ was supposed to be a warning

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The terrifyingly prescient ‘Serial Experiments Lain,’ 20 years later (2018)

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Post-Human Nightmares – The World of Japanese Cyberpunk Cinema (2011)

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An AI Girlfriend Seducing China’s Lonely Men

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Philosophy of Ghost in the Shell (2012)

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The Typography of Blade Runner (2016)

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Cityspeak from Blade Runner (2002)

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Typography of Neon Genesis Evangelion

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Karel Čapek's play "R.U.R." premiered in January 1921

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The New Lion King trailer style transformed to resemble the animated version

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Rutger Hauer: Blade Runner actor dies aged 75

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WALL·E – Typeset in the Future

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Netflix to let viewers pick how TV episodes and movies will end

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Why Westerners Fear Robots and the Japanese Do Not

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Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver System (2015)

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Spyce Kitchen, a robotic chef built by four recent M.I.T. grads

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Robots Still Haven’t Taken Over: A brief history of machine anxiety

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What We Get Wrong About Technology

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All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)

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Desert Island Discs – Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind [audio]

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William Gibson’s Never-Filmed Aliens Sequel

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When Satyajit Ray Came to Hollywood

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A linguist on Arrival's alien language (2016)

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The AI Threat Isn’t Skynet – It’s the End of the Middle Class

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Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story

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The Architecture of Evil: Dystopian Megacorps in Speculative Fiction Films

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A Scientist Who Helped Amy Adams Talk to Aliens in “Arrival”

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'Black Mirror' Is Back, Reflecting Our Technological Fears

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Nightmare Machine – Horror imagery generated by deep learning

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Typography of “Alien” (2014)

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‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ rendered in the style of Picasso

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Ghost in the Shell remains our most challenging film about technology

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Ten years ago they beat MIT. Today, it's complicated (2014)

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David Bowie, an Internet pioneer

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Japan's Robot Dogs Get Funerals as Sony Looks Away

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Stop Robot Abuse

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What Is the Time Signature of the Ominous Electronic Score of The Terminator?

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“The Robot and the Baby” by John McCarthy

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Starship Troopers: one of the most misunderstood movies ever

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Kim Jong-il's Sushi Chef

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Max Headroom and the Strange World of Pseudo-CGI

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Kara Is Self-Aware

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John McCarthy: The Robot and the Baby

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William Gibson's cyberpunk classic 'Neuromancer' may finally get to screens

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SF author Greg Egan reviews Avatar

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Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral

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You've just been fucked by psyops [video]

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The man who coined the word "robot" defends himself

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The Secret Life of Machines (1988)

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The Real-World Locations of 14 Sci-Fi Dystopias (2014)

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Silent Running: 1970s Environmental Fable Remains Depressingly All Too Relevant

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Are Japanese anime robots isometric or allometric?

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Selling 'Ghost in the Shell'

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Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene

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Don't be terrified of Pale Fire

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Gainax, known for 'Evangelion' anime production, goes bankrupt

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