Tag: humans
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The New Westworld: Dehumanising the human; humanising the machine
Note – the following blog tries to avoid the biggest spoilers, though to avoid any spoilers you would be best advised to watch Ep. 1 of Westworld before proceeding. HBO’s latest offering (on SkyAtlantic here in the UK) is an update of Michael Crichton‘s 1973 film Westworld, this time brought to us as a ten-part…
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Humans and the post-Asimov twist
Following on my discussion of the Asimov’s Three Laws after Episode 2 of Channel 4’s Humans, I want to bring to attention something that has become a new common trope of science fiction that looks at robots. (I hesitate to say ‘cliché’, because that sounds harsh in this context, though one might be forgiven for…
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Thoughts on Humans – Niska and the 3 Laws
Humans shows us how Asimov’s 3 Laws of Robotics might work practically, and how they might not be enough.
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First thoughts on Humans, Episode 1
Well, that was something, wasn’t it? It is fair to say that I was very impressed with Channel 4’s new sci-fi offering, Humans. And judging by the fact that it was Channel 4’s biggest ratings success in a decade, so were many of you. The critical response, too, seems overwhelmingly positive. (See here, for example.…
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Get ready for… ‘Humans’
Since we first got wind of the Swedish series Real Humans, we at Dreaming Robots have long been longing for the début of the UK version (though we’d still like to see the original sometime, I hope someone is listening…) Wait no longer. Humans gets its premier tomorrow night in the UK on Channel 4. And it…