Kurt Andersen and scientist Rodney Brooks look at how metal men are jumping from pop culture into real life. Visit thousands of robot toys in a big red barn outside Spokane. Sexpert Susie Bright surveys female robots on film, from The Stepford Wives to the deadly Fembots. And a jazz pioneer gives over some control to his virtual Frankenstein.
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