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"It was really awful, being dressed down by the captain," said Brent Spiner, who played Data, the android.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The movie’s guileless android will learn about love, loss and other far-too-common human experiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Sony is halting sales of its robotic puppy "aibo" in Japan, the company said, eight years after the latest model of its interactive android pet became an instant hit.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
In “Predator: Badlands,” that involved giving an ugly monster emotional vulnerability and a PG-13 adventure with a couple sidekicks, including a chatty android played by Elle Fanning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
“It can eventually be organically determined whether you’re android or not; it’s slow and painful, admittedly, but—”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Do androids dream of electric balls and strikes—plus some other questions on baseball’s Opening Day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2024
Andy joins the longer history of a franchise wherein the androids are often at odds with Isaac Asimov’s classic Three Laws of Robotics.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
Decades after Philip K. Dick asked if androids dreamed of electric sheep, we have an answer.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Josie’s dad had told her once that it was usually cheaper for companies to hire humans and not pay them very much than to buy androids.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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