Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: ‘I took my hands off the artery – blood squirted up and hit the ceiling’

Australia’s favourite science whiz on why Isaac Newton ruined rainbows, falling asleep while assisting in an operating theatre and where to keep the tomato sauceGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYou’re about to give a series of talks on the history and explosion of AI. Who is your favourite fictional robot?I guess the robots in general from Isaac Asimov. He came up with the three laws of robotics, which are basically that a robot has to obey a human, it can’t harm itself, and it can’t harm another human. My favourite robot is one [from Asimov’s The Bicentennial Man] that served a family for many, many years – in fact, generations – and eventually became human.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...