“Death is optional” is a mantra of Vermont futurist couple Martine and Bina Rothblatt, and the humanoid robot known as Bina48 is their attempt at validation. Years before Siri and ChatGPT brought ...

“Love Machina” is a documentary about Martine and Bina Rothblatt, a couple that have been happily and intensely in love for over 40 years. Given that Martine is a lawyer and biotechnology innovator ...

Bina48, the central figure of the documentary “Love Machina,” is among the most terrifying film characters of the year. A disembodied head resembling a middle-aged Black woman and powered by ...

“I have deep feelings,” says a woman whose blank stare seems to indicate otherwise. She’s a humanoid robot named Bina48 who has realistic latex skin, stiff movements and a lilting, mechanical voice.

This is Bina48, a robot head with thousands of thoughts and emotions from a real human woman, who she’s even modeled to look like. Sadly, Bina48 gets her wires crossed — pissing off the NYT for ...

Love Machina is an insufficiently critical documentary that doesn't reckon with the full scope of AI. Director Peter Sillen works to humanize Martine and Bina Rothblatt without looking at the ...

Peter Sillen's documentary follows married couple Bina and Martine Rothblatt and the robot they constructed to transfer Bina's consciousness. Whether “Love Machina” agrees with its subjects’ views ...