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BOOKS

Virilio, P. The Administration of Fear. (Semiotext(e), 2012), pp.14-20
Kurzweil, R. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology. (Penguin Books, 2006), pg. 118
van ’t Zelfde, J(ed.) Dread The Dizziness of Freedom. (Valiz, 2013), pg.12

ARTICLES

Wohlsen, M. “When robots take all the work, what’ll be left for us to do?”, Wired [webpage], (2014, August 08)
McCarthy, J. “What is Artificial Intelligence?”, Stanford University [webpage], (2007, November 12)
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Khomami, N. “2029: the year when robots will have the power to outsmart their makers.”, The Guardian [webpage], (2014, February 22)
Dvorsky, G. “How much longer before our first AI catastrophe?”, io9 [webpage], (2013, February 1)
Hawking, S. Russell, S. Tegmark, M. Wilczek, F. “Stephen Hawking: Transcendence looks at the implications of artificial intelligence - but are we taking AI seriously enough?”, The Independent [webpage], (2014, May 1)
Cellan-Jones, R. “Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind.”, BBC [webpage], (2014, December 2)
Thompson, C. “Why do we love R2-D2 and not C-3PO?”, Smithsonian Magazine [webpage], (2014, May)
Hsu, J. “Scientists still aren’t sure why the “uncanny valley” freaks you the hell out”, io9 [webpage], (2012, March 5)
Ulanhoff, L. “Jibo wants to be the world’s first family robot.”, Mashable [webpage], (2014, July 16)
Luckerson, V. “5 Very smart people who think Artificial Intelligence could bring the apocalypse.”, Time [webpage], (2014, December 2)
Cadwalladr, C. “Are the robots about to rise? Google’s new director of engineering thinks so.” The Guardian [webpage], (2014, February 22)
Dvorsky, G. “How much longer before our first AI catastrophe?”, io9 [webpage], (2013, February 1)

PAPERS

MacDorman K.F. Androids as an Experiment Apparatus: Why Is There an Uncanny Valley and Can We Exploit It? (2005) pg.2.
Bostrom, N. Cognitive, Emotive and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making in Humans and in Artificial Intelligence (revised), (Int. Institute of Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, 2003), pp. 12-17

FILMS

Kubrick, S. (Director), 2001: A Space Odyssey, (1968), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jones, D. (Director), Moon, (2009), Liberty Films UK
Lucas, G. (Director), Star Wars, (1977-2005), Lucasfilm
Proyas, A. (Director), I, Robot, (2004), Twentieth Century Fox Corporation
Jonze, S. (Director), Her, (2013), Annapurna Pictures
Lang, F. (Director), Metropolis, (1927),Universum Film

VIDEOGAMES

343 Industries. (Production). Halo 4, (2012), Microsoft Studios
Bioware. (Production). Mass Effect 3, (2012), Electronic Arts

VIDEOCLIPS

Star Wars. Ben Burtt Interview: R2-D2. [video], (circa. 1980)
MyJibo. Jibo: the world’s first family robot. [video], (2014, July 16)
Steve Jobs. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, [video], (1977, May 16)

RADIO

All Things Concerned. “Hollywood eyes Uncanny Valley in animation.”, NPR News [radio], (2010, March 5)

OTHER

For more information, read “Are we heading for technological unemployment? An argument.” by Danaher, J. IEET [webpage], (2014, August 14)
As described on Massachusetts Institute of Technology website, MIT [webpage]
As described on the University of Michigan website, UMICH [webpage]
Rethink Robotics [website]
Jibo: world’s first family robot, Indiegogo [webpage], (2014, July 16)
MyJibo [website]
Wadsworth, D. “Ethical Considerations”, Idaho National Library [website]

IMAGELIST

fig.1: Car production plant, Fabrizio Costantini, (The New York Times, 2013)
fig.2: CyberKnife M6, Accuray, (Connected Concepts, 2014)
fig.3: John McCarthy (Stanford University), Jack Copeland (Simply Charly), George Dvorsky (Sentient Developments)
fig.4: Filmstill of Sonny, I, Robot, 2004 (I, Robot, 2004, directed by Alex Proyas, Twentieth Century Fox Corporation)
fig.5: Filmstill of HAL-9000, A Space Odyssey, 1968 (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
fig.6: Filmstill of HAL-9000 Deactivation scene, A Space Odyssey, 1968 (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
fig.7: Poster, 2001: A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) and Poster, Moon (Moon, 2009, directed by Duncan Jones, Liberty Films UK)
fig.8: Filmstill of Sam and Gerty, Moon, 2009 (Moon, 2009, directed by Duncan Jones, Liberty Films UK)
fig.9: Filmstill of C-3PO and R2-D2, Star Wars, 1977-2005 (Star Wars, 1977-2005, directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm)
fig.10: HRP-4C, 2011 (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
fig.11: Affetto, Luisa Whitton, 2014 (Popular Science)
fig.12: Baxter, Rethink Robotics, 2012 (RobotRumor)
fig.13: Jibo versions, MyJibo, 2014 (IndieGogo)
fig.14: Cortana, Halo Series, 2001-2014 (Bungie, Ensemble Studios, 343 Industries)
fig.15: Filmstill of Maschinenmensch, Metropolis, 1927 (Metropolis, 1927, directed by Fritz Lang, Universum Film)
fig.16: EDI, Mass Effect 3, 2012 (Bioware, Electronic Arts)
fig.17: PETMAN robot, (Boston Dynamics, 2012) and PETMAN robot, (Boston Dynamics, 2012)
fig.18: Filmstill of Samantha boot-up, Her, 2013 (Her, 2013, directed by Spike Jonze, Annapurna Pictures)
fig.19: Opernhaus Zürich (1968) and Akari-Lampen (1975) posters, Josef Müller-Brockmann
fig.20: Filmstill of Wall-E, Wall-E, 2008 (Wall-E, 2008, directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios)