Way back in 1981, a mystery cum sci-fi writer named Gary Wolf was finally able to find a powerful outlet for his never-ending love for cartoons. In his website Wolf describes how watching cartoons on TV became his source of inspiration: “It was during the commercials,” says Wolf. “I saw Tony the Tiger and the [...]
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Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, Archetypes, Narratives, TheoriesTags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Artificial Intelligence: AI, avatar, avatar crime, Blade Runner, Brian Aldiss, Domicilium Citandi Et Executandi, Hal, I, Isaac Asimov, Kubrick, Laws of Robotics, LOR, Matrix trilogy, Paul Verhoeven, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott, Robot, Si-Fi, Steven Spielberg, technophobia, Total Recall, Virtual actuality, Virtual Crime, virtual jurisdiction, Wachowski brothers
Asimove’s LOR During the halcyon days of technological innocence, Isaac Asimov wrote “I, Robot” – a collection of 9 short stories set in a world in which humans and robots co-exist. This co-existance was predicated on three rules that Asimov invented and named ‘The Laws of Robotics’ (LOR), The LOR laid down essential principles governing [...]