Thinking About Thinking Machines: Metropolis
<p>For the first episode in our new series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David talks to philosopher Shannon Vallor about Fritz Lang’s&nbsp;<em>Metropolis</em>&nbsp;(1927).&nbsp;The last great silent film is the most futuristic: a vision of robots and artificial life, it is also about where the human heart fits into an increasingly mechanised world.&nbsp;Is it prophetic?&nbsp;Is it monstrous?&nbsp;And who are the winners and losers when war is declared on the machines?</p><p>To hear a bonus episode on Mary Shelley’s&nbsp;<em>Frankenstein</em>&nbsp;to accompany this series sign up now to PPF+ and get ad-free listening and all our other bonuses too: £5 per month or £50 a year for 24 bonus episodes.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus</a></p><p>Next time: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’&nbsp;</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
For the first episode in our new series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David talks to philosopher Shannon Vallor about Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The last great silent film is the most futuristic: a vision of robots and artificial life, it is also about where the human heart fits into an increasingly mechanised world. Is it prophetic? Is it monstrous? And who are the winners and losers when war is declared on the machines?
To hear a bonus episode on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to accompany this series sign up now to PPF+ and get ad-free listening and all our other bonuses too: £5 per month or £50 a year for 24 bonus episodes. https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus
Next time: Isaac Asimov’s ‘Franchise’
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