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“We’re going into a different world, unchartered. And, like it or not, what people can do or governments can do is different, and you can to some extent control, but you can’t keep the tides from coming in. We’re going to have more visibility and less privacy … it’s not a question of whether I think it’s good or bad. I just don’t see how you could stop that because we’re going to have them.”

NYC Mayor Bloomberg on the inevitable drone uprising

(via WOR 710)
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I might consider attending the Robot Film Festival next month if they were screening a movie that would tell me how to survive a robot uprising.

I might consider attending the Robot Film Festival next month if they were screening a movie that would tell me how to survive a robot uprising.

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Cyborgs on the Big Screen

New York City is playing host this weekend to the first annual Robot Film Festival, billed as an event to “inject a sense of playfulness into traditional science and engineering and explore new frontiers for robotics before the technology is even possible.” With 74 films all about androids and cyborgs, I’d say it’ll be closer to a horror fest. It has, though, drawn some big names among the entries selected, including Spike Jonze who made a “robot love story” called I’m Here. 

It definitely looks intriguing but I’d stick with the lighter fair, like the Keepon music video: 

That boppin’ bot is just so gosh darned cute. 

Robot Film Festival