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Working hypothesis: From DJ sets in space to ancient bagels

19 June 2019

Our regular column sorting the week's supernovae from the absolute zeros

Irony Man

A robot has learned to use irony and now people like it more

12 June 2019

Irony Man is a small robot with deadpan delivery. By incorporating irony into its dialogue, its creators found people thought it was more likable

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