Movies preparing us for robot overlords

by Andra Keay

23 April 2015

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Let’s take a moment and think about how movies are teaching us to regard the bleeding edge of cybernetic research.

A nice comparison of how four recent movies, Her, Interstellar, Ex Machina and Chappie, shape public perception of robots. Now just add Big Hero 6 and Robot and Frank!

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Andra Keay is the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics, founder of Women in Robotics and is a mentor, investor and advisor to startups, accelerators and think tanks, with a strong interest in commercializing socially positive robotics and AI.

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