180. ASIMOV SPECIAL: LOST LITTLE ROBOT
A robot who was just following orders
Fifty Years of Shit Robots · Matt Brown
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Show Notes
Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Happy new year, we kick off 2026 with a look at an episode of the 1962 ITV series, OUT OF THIS WORLD. The episode in question televises an Asimov story, Lost Little Robot, and creates something extraordinary - but with shit robots.
WARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more.
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NOTES
ISAAC ASIMOV DAY
3 LAWS OF ROBOTICS
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-21259,00.html
AI BLACKMAILS TO STOP ITSELF BEING SHUT DOWN
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go
ELON MUSK’S AI REFERS TO ITSELF AS “MECHA HITLER”
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462609/grok-elon-musk-antisemitic-racist-content
THE PAPERCLIP APOCALYPSE
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/ai-and-paperclip-problem
AI DRIVEN SUICIDES ARE ON THE RISE
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2239
AI AND THE ROCK
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vuqMUMh29t8
ENSHITTIFICATION
KAMELION IS REVEALED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCK5pipHeZY
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