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replicant

[ rep-li-kuhnt ]

noun

  1. (in science fiction) a robot or other artificial being in the form of a human or other creature.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of replicant1

First recorded in 1620–30; current sense was coined by David Peoples, U.S. screenwriter (born 1940), for the film Blade Runner (1982); from Late Latin replicant-, stem of present participle Բ, from “to fold back”; re- ( def ), ply 2, -ant
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Owens, who died in 2015, made a cameo appearance as Space Ghost replicant “Gary” in a Season 5 episode of “Coast to Coast.”

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“That’s how ideas work. Grand ideas evolve. The next step is ‘Blade Runner,’ where you get Roy Batty as an evolved replicant, a human who’s not human, but actually in essence, in old terminology, a robot.”

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There’s a fierce debate about whether such “replicant” speech, even if it’s political in nature, can be regulated.

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There's a fierce debate about whether such "replicant" speech, even if it's political in nature, can be regulated.

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Drake hasn’t commented on “Heart on My Sleeve,” but he did post on his Instagram story a different AI-created song, in which a Drake replicant rapped Ice Spice’s breakout hit, “Munch.”

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