Birth of a robot

27.09.2025 · AE550927
R.U.R.
Metropolis
Astounding Stories
(Asimov's) Laws of Robotics
R. Daneel Olivaw
03.12.2025 · AE551203

Tears in rain

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All thos...
02.12.2025 · AE551202

Humanoid precursors

robots of the yellow emperor Solomon's "servants of brass" / "djinn bound into metal forms" Pygmalion the mechanical maid the talking head of Sylvester II (“Dicitur et...
02.12.2025 · AE551202

Three factions

Shaper or a Mechanist ? Or a Preservationist, maybe ?
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From 'labor' to 'robot'

During their summers in spa house "Poniatowski" in Trenčianske Teplice (Slovakia), Karel Čapek worked on a new play featuring artificial beings. Unsatisfied with his w...
27.09.2025 · AE550927

Maschinenmensch

The Maschinenmensch is a unique android created by the scientist Rotwang, born from his obsession with resurrecting his lost love. On Joh Fredersen’s orders, the robot...
27.09.2025 · AE550927

Astounding Stories

Astounding Stories
02.12.2025 · AE551202

Three Laws of Robotics

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except wher...
02.12.2025 · AE551202

R. Daneel Olivaw

activated on Aurora 4920 AD / 2950 AE as first humanoid / humaniform ever constructed partnered with Elijah Baley on Earth: catalyst for interworld understan...
02.12.2025 · AE551202

AOTD: Positronic brain

Today's "artefact of the day" (AOTS) is the "positronic brain": PB is Asimov’s fictional model of an artificial mind: a dense lattice of positronic pathways that functions...
03.12.2025 · AE551203

for Star Trek fans

"We are the Borg . Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. ...
03.12.2025 · AE551203

Final quote

GPT5.1 response to request to provide an end quote for this session:Alquist’s final realization (near the ending)“Life will not perish! Life begins anew… in y...