
Andrew Maynard
Andrew Maynard is a renowned professor at Arizona State University, specializing in the study of technology emergence and societal responses. He is noted for his research on artificial intelligence (AI) in popular culture, having created a comprehensive database to analyze how AI has been portrayed across a century of films. His insights illustrate the evolving perception of AI in society, revealing that less than one-third of cinematic depictions envision a dystopian future, thus highlighting the complexity of public sentiment towards AI as it increasingly integrates into everyday life.
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Andrew Maynard is a professor at Arizona State University who studies how technologies emerge and how society responds.
Hollywood visions of AI: Friendly, then deadly, then everywhereThe New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863·
New Zealand· 2026-09-20







