We invite podcast buddy Leah Jones from Finding Favorites to follow up on a recommendation she made to Dukes last year: to watch the film M3gan. We thought it would be fun to talk about films and books with robot friends (and enemies) more broadly, and we each make a recommendation. Since we don’t yet have actual robot friends (although according to Silicon Valley, they’ll be here soon) what are we really talking about when we tell stories about robots? Loyal servants? Monsters? Children? We discuss examples of each, and contemplate what makes a good story with robots.
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Recommendations from this show:
Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
Duncan Jones Moon
Honorable Mentions:
The Terminator/Terminator 2
Short Circuit
M3gan
Dr. Who
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