I’ve published another blog on Westworld, addressing larger themes in science fiction more generally:
The Ford Factor: mad scientists and corporate villains
Also available on Robohub.
Tweeting on Westworld
I’ve been fortunate to be sent some previews of HBO’s new series, Westworld (available on Sky Atlantic here in the UK). So far, it’s proving to be a remarkable series, very engaging with terrific ideas.
I’ll be blogging on it at Dreaming Robots Blog, and during each episode’s UK premiers, I have been live tweeting thoughts, comments and ideas, while interacting with the audience through my @DreamingRobots twitter account.
You can see ‘Superguides’ of each episode – compilations of my tweets – here:
Episode 1: https://twitter.com/i/moments/785470912971829248
Episode 2: https://twitter.com/i/moments/787973079276347392
Episode 3: https://twitter.com/i/moments/788750958750826496
Episode 9: https://twitter.com/i/moments/803897622314487809
(I’ll update this post with further ‘Superguides’ as the series progresses.)
Festival of the Mind 2016 (1)
A nice short article from @UniShefEngage on Futurecade at this year’s Festival of the Mind, featuring words from my dear friend @ChrisBlackmore and a nice picture of Nao and @RitaMarcalo doing their thing.
It was a great experience and I hope to be able to work with Rita and Instance Dissidence again soon.
New post on Robohub
I’ve had a few posts on Robohub.org now, but this one seems to be doing rather well, with a few retweets and a lively discussion on Hacker News.
The New Westworld: Humanizing the un-human, or dehumanizing humankind?
It’s a repost (and slight revision) of a blog I put up on my own Dreaming Robots site.
First post on RoboHub
Dreaming Robots has been noticed, and is (sometimes) going to be cross-posted on the terrific website RoboHub. Check out my article here, but do take the time to look at RoboHub more generally – it’s a terrific collection of resources.
My talk at Bristol’s EU Robotics Week
Video of my talk, ‘A History of Robotics’ at Bristol’s ‘Robots: From Imagination to Market‘ event, part of EU Robotics Week 2015.
Interview in the Sheffield Telegraph
Short article about Robosapiens film series in the Sheffield Telegraph.
Interview in El Prisma
So here I am talking about robots… in Spanish. (I don’t actually speak Spanish, but the interviewer was terrific.)
http://diarioelprisma.es/construimos-robots-michael-szollosy/
Robosapiens
Robosapiens, the film series stemming from our Cyberselves project, begins at the Showroom cinema later this month. Here is the announcement.
Another Humans review
Some more short thoughts for those following Channel 4’s Humans.
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