Lighting in Canada, she and her husband, the novelist Josef Skvorecky, published books that had been outlawed by the communist regime supported by the Soviet.
The term, which was popularized by a "Star Wars" show and is rooted in real frustrations with technology, has become an insult against artificial intelligence and robots.
An attack was an effort to assassinate Abu Obeida, one of the best known spokespersons in Hamas, said Israeli officials. It was not immediately clear if this had succeeded.
In the days preceding the Festival, hundreds of cinema professionals signed an open letter asking that the starry event take a position against the crisis in Gaza.
The selection of Jim O'Neill, a former director of Silicon Valley, has aroused objections from the Democrats, who noticed his lack of medical or scientific training.