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Humans

2015 · 3 seasons · 24 ep · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery

TMDB 7.5/10 (709 votes)

In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.

Created by Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent

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Humans is a science fiction television series that debuted on Channel 4. Written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent, based on the Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans, the series explores the themes of artificial intelligence and robotics, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". The series is produced jointly by Channel 4 and Kudos in the United Kingdom, and AMC in the United States. Eight episodes were produced for the first series which aired between 14 June and 2 August 2015. The second eight-episode series was broadcast in the UK between 30 October and 18 December 2016. A third series was commissioned in March 2017 and aired eight episodes between 17 May and 5 July 2018. In May 2019, Channel 4 announced that the series had been cancelled. Premise The series focuses on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths". It explores a number of science fiction themes, including artificial intelligence, consciousness, human-robot interaction, superintelligence, mind uploading and the laws of robotics.

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Also known as HUM∀NS

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“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
— Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See (1990)
“All right. It's instinctive. But the instinct can be fought. We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands! But we can stop it. We can admit that we're killers... but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes! Knowing that we're not going to kill — today!”
— Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in Star Trek: The Original Series, sn 1, ep. 23: "A Taste of Armageddon" (February 23, 1967), story by Robert Hamner, teleplay by Gene L. Coon and Robert Hamner
“I do not want the voice of the people shut out.”
— Huey Long, remarks in the U.S. Senate, May 16, 1932, Congressional Record, vol. 75, p. 10,297
“Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.”
— Bertrand Russell, "The Science to Save Us from Science", in The New York Times (19 March 1950)
“Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), "The Sage, the Weak, and the Magnificent", p. 95
“In the last analysis, my fellow countrymen, as we in America would be the first to claim, a people are responsible for the acts of their government.”
— Woodrow Wilson, address, Columbus, Ohio, September 4, 1919. The Messages and Papers of Woodrow Wilson, ed. Albert Shaw, vol. 2, p. 728 (1924).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
— Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See (1990)
“All right. It's instinctive. But the instinct can be fought. We're human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands! But we can stop it. We can admit that we're killers... but we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes! Knowing that we're not going to kill — today!”
— Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) in Star Trek: The Original Series, sn 1, ep. 23: "A Taste of Armageddon" (February 23, 1967), story by Robert Hamner, teleplay by Gene L. Coon and Robert Hamner
“I do not want the voice of the people shut out.”
— Huey Long, remarks in the U.S. Senate, May 16, 1932, Congressional Record, vol. 75, p. 10,297
“Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.”
— Bertrand Russell, "The Science to Save Us from Science", in The New York Times (19 March 1950)
“Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand.”
— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), "The Sage, the Weak, and the Magnificent", p. 95
“In the last analysis, my fellow countrymen, as we in America would be the first to claim, a people are responsible for the acts of their government.”
— Woodrow Wilson, address, Columbus, Ohio, September 4, 1919. The Messages and Papers of Woodrow Wilson, ed. Albert Shaw, vol. 2, p. 728 (1924).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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