David McGuire is a TV and Movie freelance writer for Collider based in Los Angeles. He is a screenwriter and, most recently, assisted in the development of a kids Netflix series. Give him a wave on ...

When U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen won the gold medal in men’s figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Washington Post article attributed his win to a fierce, focused, “robotic” zeal. This ...

As these issues continue to arise, and as we weigh how legally to treat AI—respect its independent existence? Punish it for wrongdoing—it may be helpful to apply our autonomy-automaton heuristic: Some ...

For humans, life is in the eyes. Same deal with automatons. The more realistic the eyes, the more lifelike (and potentially disturbing) the automaton is. [lkkalebob] knows this. [lkkalebob] is so ...

THE idea of a ‘mechanical man’ has receded into the background since the advent of the mechanical age. When practically all our necessities are pro- vided by automatic or semi-automatic machines, ...