From gfoster@entersection.org Fri Jul 6 02:42:33 2018 From: Gregory Foster To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: [drone-list] A sampling of robots in popular culture Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:42:33 +0000 Message-ID: <172289278547.3881296.12755307487865062736.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2951057384863064073==" --===============2951057384863064073== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today, Syfy announced it has wrapped production on the first season of =20 "Robot Combat League," gladiator-style matches featuring 8-foot tethered =20 robots controlled by human operators. Entertainment Weekly (Nov 20) - "Giant boxing robots reality show unveiled=20 by Syfy -- EXCLUSIVE": http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/20/robot-combat-league/ The article mentions another "robot combat show" announced by Discovery =20 Channel in April produced by James Cameron ("Avatar", "Titanic") and Mark=20 Burnett ("Survivor") called "Robogeddon": http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/11/james-cameron-to-create-robogeddon/ Steven Spielberg has committed to filming an adaptation of Carnegie Mellon=20 Robotics Ph.D Daniel H. Wilson's text _Robopocalypse_: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robopocalypse I'd like to suggest these are somewhat interesting sociocultural =20 reflections of HRW's admirable though perhaps Quixotic call for the =20 banning of killer robots. What is this desire people have to see robots =20 smash each other? How does that comport with the desire people have to be=20 frightened about robots annihilating the human species (as evidenced by the=20 uncounted books and films that revisit that theme)? Finally, what is the nature of the gap or disconnect between the latter =20 and the very real work to create Lethal Autonomous Robots? Might it have =20 something to do with the former? ymmv, gf --=20 Gregory Foster || gfoster(a)entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> http://entersection.com/ _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click abov= e) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator = in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============2951057384863064073==--