{"product_id":"robots-on-screen-by-piers-bizony-9781805700487","title":"Robots on Screen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly 2027 sees two significant cinema anniversaries: the 100th of Fritz Lang's eternally influential \u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e, and the 50th of \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e. The famous golden robot in the second movie owes its origins directly to the first, but \u003cem\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/em\u003e was the first time that an entity that we'd recognise as a \"robot\" first appeared on screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEver since Lang's Maschinenmensch (\"machine person\") first stunned audiences with its elegant aloofness, filmmakers have shown a tremendous appetite for cyborgs, androids, replicants, and all manner of human-like robots. The idea of machines in our image has fascinated and appalled us in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow that science fiction in cinema and on TV has shaped our view of the future, we assume, without question, that humanoid robots or androids will be joining us soon. Our quest to build machines in our image could be dangerous, yet we seem compelled to try, both in screen fantasies and in the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow we live in an unsettling era where robots and artificial intelligences genuinely are about to transform our lives in ways we can't yet predict. Will robots help us or threaten us? Will machine intelligences deserve rights? Will electronic minds become smarter than our own? Will AI take our jobs? And what of us? Will the next stage in our evolution involve a fusion of flesh and machine?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the last century, filmmakers have been exploring these urgent existential questions: \u003cem\u003eRobots on Screen\u003c\/em\u003e tells that story with over 200 stunning images and film stills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48318019535084,"sku":"9781805700487","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805700487-robots-on-screen-1.jpg?v=1788751570","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/robots-on-screen-by-piers-bizony-9781805700487","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}