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Given all the hoopla over David Levy's new book, Love and Sex with Robots, perhaps it's time to get a quote on the subject directly from a robotic mouth. Meet Mr. Herbert Televox, "the perfect servant, who is never late or insolent .... " according to this picture's 1929 caption. More »
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By the standards of psychotronic film, Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) has it all: Mamie Van Doren, a chimpanzee named Abraham Q. Voltaire, and Thinko the Robot. Indeed, Thinko plays a pivotal role—thanks to his computer brain, a brilliant ex-stripper is hired to head the science department at Collins College. When he blows a fuse after all the excitement, a sexy nurse attends him. But Thinko was no mere Hollywood prop; he was a bot with a past. More »
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