Roboticist Pillows

"Go ahead. Click on 'I Am Not A Robot.' I dare you."

'He's not much fun in the evenings -- he's solar powered.'

'And then Dmitri noticed something that would have a profound effect on the human/robot wars.'

'Hi, I'll be performing your surgery tomorrow.'

"Hey, I saw you on the cover of Assembly Line Illustrated!!"

"Sir, the robots have gained sentience and are demanding better working conditions."

"You're probably wondering how I got the nick name, kill-bot. Well, it's a funny story. . ."

Turing Test Today

Ascent of Machine.

"Seriously, this doesn't have you the slightest bit worried?"

Where steel wool comes from.

'If it upsets you, don't read it.'

"Now, before we go, does anyone have to empty their cache?"

'That's a million correct answers in a row!'

"For tonight's lecture I'm going to stick to the program. I have to. I'm a robot."

'No kidding? -- you broke all THREE laws of robotics?'

Industrial Robot: 'Should I remove this item?'

'If you ask me today's farmer is getting too modern.'

"Woah - remember humans?"

Scan check

A.I. Rights!

"Well, here's the problem. Someone changed the greeting control from 'curt nod' to 'hug.'"

Human shaking hands with a robot.

'We'll know whether to treat it with any special moral consideration when we see if it passes the Turing test.'

"Dehumanization, maybe, but not depersonalization."

"Who's the new guy?"

Prove you're not human

"My programming does not permit me to process new information."

Robot finds computer on doorstep.

"But if you change your system preferences to match mine, is it really love?"

Model X-20 Robot

"You'll do everything...accounting, marketing, manufacturing...with no pay or benefits...and three years from now we'll trade you in for a newer, sexier model."

Cheese robot-squad.

I, Robot.

"He's taught himself work-life balance."