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> to describe them in dehumanizing terms (a robot). Anthony Levandrowski has self-described himself as a robot: "Although Levandowski spent most of his childh
by diydsp 13y ago
> to describe them in dehumanizing terms (a robot).
Anthony Levandrowski has self-described himself as a robot:
"Although Levandowski spent most of his childhood in Brussels, his English has no accent aside from a certain absence of inflection—the bright, electric chatter of a processor in overdrive. “My fiancée is a dancer in her soul,” he told me. “I’m a robot.” "[1]
[1] http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/25/131125fa_fact_bilger http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/25/131125fa_fact_...
- mc32 13y agoI think that's purposefully way too literal an interpretation. It's clear to me that that's not to be taken as a literal statement but rather figurative contrasting himself with his fiancee who is more lithe, in spirit, if not physically.