About the Film

I, Fembot is a sexy yet dangerous exploration of sex, technology and destiny.

Many scientists think we are entering a new phase of evolution. Aiko, the first Canadian android is a fembot. Or a "yumecom - Dream Computer Robot" as her creator has trademarked her! Theologian Anna Foerst talks about robot-souls and robot rights. Libertarian David Levy discusses techno-marriage and robot-rape. Meanwhile, sex & technology writer Annalee Newitz contemplates the rise of autonomous she-machines: will they just write feminist journals, or will they kill us?

I, Fembot entices us into rethinking how we define human and how we create women. 

Rights for Robots? Sounds crazy. Come with us on our fembot odyssey as we tell the  strange true story of man, woman and machine.

Humanity is evolving. Scientists are changing the destiny of biology.

The impact of science and technology is global and affects every aspect of our society from economic possibilities, to the way we relate to each other. Information technology, nanotech and biotech are converging in the field of robotics. While most tech films are asking what and how we are making these high tech toys – our film is asking why.
Most robots are designed for war or servitude. But for many scientists the quest is on to make them as “human” as possible. Their software is complex, but mostly these pretty girlbots hardware is made by the same folks who brought us Hello Kitty.
The film playfully explores our common robotic future from the female point of view and also from the perspective of the female robot (fembot) -- long a staple of science fiction, and quickly becoming science fact.
The film will be hosted by a fictional  fembot narrator, whose point of view will take us on a journey of past, present and future.

Will the real future be “out of control” as it mirrors the science fiction tales where machines turn on man, and especially fembots! The governments of Japan and Korea are concerned enough that since April of 2007 they have begun drafting ethical guidelines for human robot relations based on Isaac Asimov’s famous three laws of robotics.

Our fembot wonders why, when machines need no gender, do we create fembots at all? She asks if all our new technology is just telling the same old story? And what the laws of robotics look like if the word “woman” replaced “robot”?

What is at stake are our concepts of motherhood, freedom, equality and the very nature of what it means to be man, woman and machine.
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The film will be hosted by a fictional  fembot narrator, whose point of view will take us on a journey of past, present and future.
Will the real future be “out of control” as it mirrors the science fiction tales where machines turn on man, and especially fembots! The governments of Japan and Korea are concerned enough that since April of 2007 they have begun drafting ethical guidelines for human robot relations based on Isaac Asimov’s famous three laws of robotics.

Our fembot wonders why, when machines need no gender, do we create fembots at all? She asks if all our new technology is just telling the same old story? And what the laws of robotics look like if the word “woman” replaced “robot”?

What is at stake are our concepts of motherhood, freedom, equality and the very nature of what it means to be man, woman and machine.
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Will the real future be “out of control” as it mirrors the science fiction tales where machines turn on man, and especially fembots! The governments of Japan and Korea are concerned enough that since April of 2007 they have begun drafting ethical guidelines for human robot relations based on Isaac Asimov’s famous three laws of robotics.
Our fembot wonders why, when machines need no gender, do we create fembots at all? She asks if all our new technology is just telling the same old story? And what the laws of robotics look like if the word “woman” replaced “robot”?

What is at stake are our concepts of motherhood, freedom, equality and the very nature of what it means to be man, woman and machine.
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Our fembot wonders why, when machines need no gender, do we create fembots at all? She asks if all our new technology is just telling the same old story? And what the laws of robotics look like if the word “woman” replaced “robot”?
What is at stake are our concepts of motherhood, freedom, equality and the very nature of what it means to be man, woman and machine.
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What is at stake are our concepts of motherhood, freedom, equality and the very nature of what it means to be man, woman and machine.
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Sexy robots already are among us. but what will the future hold when robots can think and feel for themselves?

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