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.


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

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
product
Marvin the Paranoid Android
technology

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