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I’ve always liked robots as subject matter. As a kid, I remember looking at a $500 robot that was supposedly going to do things around your house. That seemed like a pretty good future to me.
My parents got me a voice-activated robot. It was terribly disappointing and rarely responded, but I kept trying. Apparently, I was willing to give a robot quite a few second chances.
I was pretty young when Short Circuit came out, but I loved Johnny Five. I can still hear him saying, “Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too?” That affection for robots has stuck around, even if my expectations of their housekeeping abilities have changed.
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