Fifty Years of Shit Robots

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

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.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESVASA MUSEUM (STOCKHOLM)https://www.vasamuseet.se/en STAR TREK UNIFORMS STOLENhttps://www.slashfilm.com/2145211/star-trek-costume-heist-knight-rider-kitt-car-stolen-sci-fi-props/ THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSEhttps://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae181.cfm WHY DOES PICARD HATE KIDS?https://screenrant.com/star-trek-picard-hated-children-tng-changed-mind/   

More from our STAR TREK season. Today, we continue our DATA deep-dive by checking out his desire to be a dad, and his uncontrollable sexual magnatism.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTOXICOLOGIST RATES POISONING SCENES IN MOVIEShttps://www.businessinsider.com/toxicologist-rates-9-poison-scenes-in-movies-and-tv-2022-4 LETTY LYNTONhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/15/joan-crawford-letty-lynton-wildest-film-90-years-on BEST FEMALE ROBOTS IN FILM AND TVhttps://letterboxd.com/journal/female-robots-starter-pack/ THE PEOPLE WHO MARRY THEIR AI CHATBOTShttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/12/i-felt-pure-unconditional-love-the-people-who-marry-their-ai-chatbots

More from our STAR TREK season. Today, we continue our DATA deep-dive by checking out his naughty brother LORE, and his padre Dr NOONIEN SOONG.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESDEAD RINGERS – A DUAL SHOWCASE FOR BETTE DAVIShttps://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2024/08/31/dead-ringer-1964-a-dual-showcase-for-bette-davis/ 10 GREAT MOVIES ABOUT TWINShttps://www.flickeringmyth.com/10-great-movies-about-twins/ WHAT IS “CHEKHOV’S GUN”?https://screencraft.org/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-chekhovs-gun/ OKUDAGRAMS – HOW ONE MAN DESIGNED THE FUTUREhttps://wrathofdhanprops.blogspot.com/2018/06/okudagrams-part-1-how-one-man-designed.html TOM SCOTT: LAVA LAMP SECURITY WALLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cUUfMeOijg TUCKER TUBEShttps://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tucker_tube 

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Today, we look at one of the most significant robots in Star Trek, DATA.WARNING! The S**t-bomb is said but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESTHE ROBOT HALL OF FAMEhttps://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/best-and-brightest-robot-hall-fame TOP MOUSTACHED VILLIANShttps://geekireland.com/the-7-most-iconic-villains-with-memorable-moustaches/ ORIGIN OF MOUSTACHE TWIRLING VILLAINhttps://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/609/origin-of-the-mustache-twirling-villain ADAM LINKhttps://strangewesterngalaxy.wordpress.com/2020/10/06/eando-binder-adam-link-robot/ FIRST PERSON KILLED BY A ROBOThttps://www.iflscience.com/the-first-person-ever-killed-by-a-robot-died-45-years-ago-75908 HOW CLOSE TO AI IS DATAhttps://medium.com/@hastur/from-chatgpt-to-commander-data-how-close-is-ai-to-star-treks-android-d2bcbef44fe2