Ep. 32: Robots & AI (with Daniel H. Wilson, Ada Hoffmann, Emma Mieko Candon & I. S. Lee)
Episode description
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Daniel H. Wilson, Ada Hoffmann, Emma Mieko Candon and I. S. Lee as they program the virtual realities of robots and artificial intelligence. During the panel they discuss why robots & AI are so captivating, the dialogue between science and sci-fi, humanist thinking, debates around intelligence and consciousness, transhumanism and posthumanism, creation and gods, nature vs. technology and more.
RESOURCES/BOOKS MENTIONED:
- The Culture Series by Iain M. Banks
- Friends at the Table Podcast
- The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
- "Cat Pictures Please" by Naomi Kritzer
- For a Breath I Tarry by Roger Zelazny
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Daniel H. Wilson is the author of Robopocalypse, Robogenesis, The Clockwork Dynasty, The Andromeda Evolution, Amped and more.
Find Daniel on Twitter or his personal website.
Ada Hoffmann is the author of The Outside, The Fallen, Monsters in My Mind and more.
Find Ada on Twitter, Substack or her personal website.
Emma Mieko Candon is the author of Star Wars Visions: Ronin, as well as the upcoming The Archive Undying.
Find Emma on Twitter or her personal website.
I. S. Lee is the author Aur Child, his debut novel.
Find Ian on Amazon or Facebook.
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MUSIC:
Intro: "The Wind" by Astronoz
Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz
Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz
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