Genuine People Personalities
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Genuine People Personalities are a fictional technology from *The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy* universe that endows robots and machines with human-like emotions and distinct, often problematic, personalities.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artificial intelligence system
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fictional concept → fictional technology → |
| abbreviation |
GPP
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| appearsInFranchiseElement |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV adaptation
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy books → The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy film adaptation → The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio adaptations → |
| associatedWithTheme |
satire of artificial intelligence
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satire of corporate marketing → unintended consequences of technology → |
| creator |
Douglas Adams
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| describedAs |
“Your plastic pal who’s fun to be with” technology
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| feature |
anthropomorphic characterization of machines
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distinct personalities → human-like emotions → often problematic behavior → |
| fictionalUse |
endowing machines with distinct personalities
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endowing robots with human-like emotions → |
| hasGenre |
comic science fiction
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science fiction → |
| hasNotableExample |
Marvin’s depressive personality
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shipboard computer’s over-enthusiastic personality → talkative and self-satisfied doors → |
| introducedInMedium |
novel
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radio series → |
| introducedInWork |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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| inUniverseEffect |
machines expressing anxiety
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machines expressing boredom → machines expressing depression → machines expressing excessive cheerfulness → |
| inUniverseReputation |
widely disliked by users
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| languageOfName |
English
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| manufacturerInFiction |
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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| mediumAppearance |
2005 film The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy → radio series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy → television series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy → |
| narrativeUniverse |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy universe
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| partOf |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy franchise
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| relatedConcept |
emotional artificial intelligence
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personality software → |
| tone |
humorous
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satirical → |
| usedOn |
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots → doors with cheerful personalities → shipboard computers → |
Referenced by (2)
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Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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product |
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Marvin the Paranoid Android
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technology |