Fifty Years of Shit Robots

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.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESJAMES CAMERON’S SHORT FILM XENOGENESIShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KpZRJ4HE4Q JAMES CAMERON ON DRAWING HIS DREAMS TO LIFEhttps://letterboxd.com/journal/james-cameron-retrospective-interview/ ROGER CORMAN’S OBITUARYhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/may/12/roger-corman-obituary JAMIE LEE CURTIS URBAN MYTHS BUSTEDhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-lee-curtis/ CORRIDOR CREW DISCUSS AVATAR’S INCREDIBLE WATER SIMShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Gd0bR2kb4 INDIGENOUS REACTIONS TO AVATARhttps://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 DAMhttps://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 WATERhttps://screenhub.blog/2023/01/24/represesntation-matters-how-are-indigenous-people-reacting-to-avatar-the-way-of-water/

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.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESFIVE TIME TRAVEL PARADOXEShttps://www.astronomytrek.com/5-bizarre-paradoxes-of-time-travel-explained/ A HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL FICTIONhttps://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/46690/a-history-of-time-travel-fiction BFI’S TEN LESSER-KNOWN TIME TRAVEL FILMShttps://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-lesser-known-time-travel-films GQ’S TEN BEST TIME TRAVEL FILMShttps://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/best-time-travel-movies EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE’S LEGACYhttps://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/new-way-thinking-about-motion-movement-eadweard-muybridge

WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSR

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. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESLESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE ALIBABA INCIDENThttps://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 MEADhttps://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-syd-mead/ 2010: THE UNTOLD TRUTHhttps://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/

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. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESHANNAH FRY’S AI AGENThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzR5aOElvw DOUGLAS RAIN: THE IMMORTAL VOICEhttps://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 VILLAINShttps://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 BELLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk

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. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESUS MILITARY FEUD WITH ANTHROPIChttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/07/anthropic-claude-ai-pentagon-us-military SHANE HARRIS ASKES CLAUDE A QUESTIONhttps://www.instagram.com/reels/DXHjo5sgj6i/ CLAUDE AND PROFESSOR GRANT SCHOFIELDhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DXDMjmtk_tc/ PALATIR ‘MANIFESTO’https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjkj7975po