Today we continue our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. Today we start watching the film, although we don't get very far.

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BBC: COULD HUMANOID ROBOTS BE HEADING FOR THE BATTLEFIELD?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedpxwe26l1o

BOSTON DYNAMICS FAILS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJwOAyoxg4

ROGER CORMON’S A BUCKET OF BLOOD TRAILER

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hEfzyjJe0iY

LASER RUST REMOVAL

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

POLARI

https://yourdandi.co.uk/polari-the-secret-gay-language/

BOOTSTRAP PARADOX EXPLAINED

https://www.astronomytrek.com/the-bootstrap-paradox-explained/#google_vignette

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Today we continue our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. Let's crack open James Cameron's noggin and see what's inside.

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JAMES CAMERON’S SHORT FILM XENOGENESIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpZRJ4HE4Q

JAMES CAMERON ON DRAWING HIS DREAMS TO LIFE

https://letterboxd.com/journal/james-cameron-retrospective-interview/

ROGER CORMAN’S OBITUARY

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/12/roger-corman-obituary

JAMIE LEE CURTIS URBAN MYTHS BUSTED

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-lee-curtis/

CORRIDOR CREW DISCUSS AVATAR’S INCREDIBLE WATER SIMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gd0bR2kb4

INDIGENOUS REACTIONS TO AVATAR

https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/indigenous-people-react-to-cultural-appropriation-in-new-avatar-movie/

THE GUARDIAN: JAMES CAMERON JOINS AMAZON TRIBE’S FIGHT TO HALT DAM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/18/avatar-james-cameron-brazil-dam?fbclid=PAAaawEuRyYY-NqFB_Vx1GaXuHpfjaLrH54rRqpPpVWkE-zU2dj_YskJzBjCQ

INDIGENOUS RECATIONS TO AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER

https://screenhub.blog/2023/01/24/represesntation-matters-how-are-indigenous-people-reacting-to-avatar-the-way-of-water/

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Today we begin our season on THE TERMINATOR, maybe the most famous robot movie of them all. First things first, let's deep-dive into Time Travel movies.

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FIVE TIME TRAVEL PARADOXES

https://www.astronomytrek.com/5-bizarre-paradoxes-of-time-travel-explained/

A HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL FICTION

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/46690/a-history-of-time-travel-fiction

BFI’S TEN LESSER-KNOWN TIME TRAVEL FILMS

https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-lesser-known-time-travel-films

GQ’S TEN BEST TIME TRAVEL FILMS

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-time-travel-movies

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE’S LEGACY

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-way-thinking-about-motion-movement-eadweard-muybridge

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In this episode we wish HAL a very happy birthday and take a dip back in to the HAL episodes from our 2001 season. It seemed like a great opportunity to chat about the current state of play with AI and begin a new tradition on the podcast. So, every 2nd April we'll have a HAL DAY, where we celebrate the very best stories of AI going rogue. Enjoy.

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LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE ALIBABA INCIDENT

https://www.cio.com/article/4159256/when-ai-goes-rogue-lessons-from-the-alibaba-incident.html

WILL A.I. EVER BE CONSCIOUS?

https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/will-ai-ever-be-conscious/index.html

THE ART OF SYD MEAD

https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/

2010: THE UNTOLD TRUTH

https://www.looper.com/355019/the-untold-truth-of-2010-the-year-we-make-contact/

EUROPA – THE BEST BET FOR ALIEN LIFE?

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a23158/europa-alien-life-solar-system/

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In this episode we wish HAL a very happy birthday and take a dip back in to the HAL episodes from our 2001 season. It seemed like a great opportunity to chat about the current state of play with AI and begin a new tradition on the podcast. So, every 2nd April we'll have a HAL DAY, where we celebrate the very best stories of AI going rogue. Enjoy.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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HANNAH FRY’S AI AGENT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzR5aOElvw

DOUGLAS RAIN: THE IMMORTAL VOICE

https://2010odysseyarchive.blogspot.com/2015/01/douglas-rain-immortal-voice.html

WHAT IS THE KULESHOV EFFECT?

https://www.movementsinfilm.com/blog/2021/3/7/what-is-the-kuleshov-effect#:~:text=The%20Kuleshov%20Effect%20is%20an,can%20change%20the%20meaning%20altogether.

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE GREATEST HEROES AND VILLAINS

https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-heroes-villians/

WHY DID HAL GO BAD?

https://www.looper.com/163074/hal-in-2001-a-space-odyssey-explained/

IBM COMPUTER SINGING DAISY BELL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk

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In this episode we wish HAL a very happy birthday and take a dip back in to the HAL episodes from our 2001 season. It seemed like a great opportunity to chat about the current state of play with AI and begin a new tradition on the podcast. So, every 2nd April we'll have a HAL DAY, where we celebrate the very best stories of AI going rogue. Enjoy.

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more.

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US MILITARY FEUD WITH ANTHROPIC

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/07/anthropic-claude-ai-pentagon-us-military

SHANE HARRIS ASKES CLAUDE A QUESTION

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXHjo5sgj6i/

CLAUDE AND PROFESSOR GRANT SCHOFIELD

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXDMjmtk_tc/

PALATIR ‘MANIFESTO’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjkj7975po

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STAR TREK season finale. Today, we conclude our DATA deep-dive by seeing what happens when he decides to put an emotion chip into his noggin.

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VASA MUSEUM (STOCKHOLM)

https://www.vasamuseet.se/en

STAR TREK UNIFORMS STOLEN

https://www.slashfilm.com/2145211/star-trek-costume-heist-knight-rider-kitt-car-stolen-sci-fi-props/

THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE

https://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae181.cfm

WHY DOES PICARD HATE KIDS?

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-picard-hated-children-tng-changed-mind/

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