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Technology doesn’t change the way people behave on a fundamental level; it amplifies characteristics that are already present, unveils traits that might have been lying dormant, encourages pre-existing patterns of behavior. That’s why sci-fi is a mirror, not a lens: it reflects pieces of our humanity that are familiar from our daily lives instead of offering a vision of how we could be different. AMC / Channel 4’s new show Humans is a trans-Atlantic collaboration, following in the footsteps of shows like Showtime’s Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes and the Starz time travel drama Outlander; it grasps this basic fact, and shines a beacon on it in its best moments. And though it’s not particularly innovative — there aren’t any ideas here that…
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In AMC"s Humans, AI anxiety gets personal http://www.danieluk.net/news/in-amcs-humans-ai-anxiety-gets-personal/ #Technology
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