#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Childhood’s End – James Groves
James Groves joins us to review Arthur C. Clarke’s 1952 book, Childhood’s End. He suggests the book’s dystopian vision of omniscient surveillance illustrates the potential for AI to fundamentally undermine the very things that make [...]
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Chappie – David McFarlane
David McFarlane joins the #SCiFi, #AI and the Future of War series with this discussion of the movie Chappie, directed by Neill Blomkamp. David argues the movie usefully prompts us to think through how our [...]
#SciFi, #AI and the Future of War: Astro Boy, Chappie, ‘consciousness’ and the Japanese way of robotics – Jo Brick
Jo Brick joins our #SciFi, #AI and the Future of War series with a discussion on Western and Japanese approaches in fiction to robots and consciousness. Why is it, Jo asks, that Western approaches seem [...]
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: The Imperial Radch – Jason Begley
Jason Begley reviews The Imperial Radch trilogy for our #SciFi, #AI and the Future of War series, highlighting the value of the non-human perspective of the protagonist. Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword and [...]
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Good News from the Vatican – Shane Dunn
Shane Dunn joins our #SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War series to discuss Good News from the Vatican by Robert Silverberg. The book presents a thought-provoking discussion on human perceptions the strengths, weaknesses, and [...]
#SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War: Trusted – Marija Jovanovich
Marija Jovanovich joins our #SciFi, #AI, and the Future of War series with a short, and very human, story on the ups and downs of future technologies. It wasn’t meant to be like this. I’m [...]