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One of the festival’s big themes seems to be connection: that we’re all stuck on this rock together and, ultimately, the difference between human and android, man and woman, is moot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Instead of husband President Donald Trump at her side, it was the "Figure 3" android that accompanied Melania down the famous red carpet.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
The android knows how to navigate the planet’s threats—exploding spike plants, acid-spitting eels, literal razor grass—so Dek reluctantly teams up with her to find his quarry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
He doesn’t look hand-stitched — he looks a little like a modern android.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
In the dim glow of the security lights of the outer room, she walked around pressing her ear against one drawer after another, listening for the hum of the android whatnots recharging.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The iPhone might be with us until the end of time, or until we ourselves become androids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
“Although naturally the public isn’t told that; they’re not supposed to know that androids are on Earth, in our midst.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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