"Welcome to Altair Four Gentlemen" Robby - Study #1 August, 2006 adapted from MGM's Forbidden Planet - 1956 Acrylics on canvas - 16 in. x 20 in.   "(Computers) will increasingly appear to have their own personalities, evidencing reactions that we can only label as emotions and articulating their own goals and purposes.   They will appear to have their own free will.   They will claim to have spiritual experiences.   And people will believe them."  -   Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines   Robby, the original spiritual machine. Recent Work 2006 Home rev. January 2007   © L. Brown 2005