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Brave Old World
Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894. 38 years later, in 1932, he published his landmark dystopian science fiction novel, Brave New World — the book is celebrating its 85th birthday this year. In 1980 NBC brought the book to life for television audiences via a 3-hour miniseries that featured Harold and Maude star, [...]
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Tagged 1894, 1932, 1980, Aldous Huxley, Bernard Marx, Brave New World, Bud Cort, dystopia, Harold and Maude, July 26, miniseries, NBC
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Harold and Baud
As technology becomes smaller, smarter and more ubiquitous, questions about machine sentience and artificial intelligence are as common today as inquiries about long term climate change or global economic forecasts — we know it’s coming, but when? Of course science fiction is where a lot of these anxieties get worked out and recent films like [...]
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Tagged 1980's, A-ha, artificial intelligence, Bud Cort, Dire Straits, Electric Dreams, machine intelligence, Michael Jackson, PC, Pinecone Computer
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