Bad Bots: A Boston SciFI Podcast

from Boston SciFi Presents · host Garen Daly, Executive Producer

As humans, sinister robots have been around since the days of Edison. We see them in the malfunctioning Yul Brenner of WESTWORLD, or the single-minded killing machine of THE TERMINATOR, or Alicia Vikander's AI powered humanoid in EX MACHINA or the nascent super intelligence of Ultron . They threaten us. Host Garen Daly dives into this world of emotionless adversaries with film critic Erin Underwood and film director David Giancola. Existential threats, ethical mine fields, and the emergent AI. are all at the intersection of technology and cinema. They are the unwavering bad boys of cinema, BAD BOTS.Please note BAD BOTS is recorded live with inserted film clips. To see the film clips, please visit Boston SciFi's YouTube Channel.#podcast #killerrobots #IoT #AI #timetravel #humanoids #cinema #moviesYou can find us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, I Heart Radio, Google Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts from. You can also find us on our YouTube Channel, BostonSciFi.Thank you. Please comment, like and share. And if you have an idea for a podcast, please share it with us. Many of our podcasts include movie trailers and clips from movies. These may sometimes be sounds, not dialog.

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