On the show this week:
- Unusual Science
- Usual Science
- Animal Science
- Unanimal Science
CQ: Is there any moral difference between creating an artificial intelligence on a computer or a new biological entity capable of thinking?
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On the show this week:
- Thinking About It
- Japanimated
- Space Between Your Fears
- Death is a Plug-in
- What Are, Water, Everywhere?
CQ: Presume that humans that grew up on different planets are genetically modified — whether by nature or science — and therefore more adapted to different environments. Would they still be eligible for the Olympics?
Thanks to Rich the TT for the email!
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Who are the people behind the voices, the characters, the stories we love so much? Do they recognize the impacts they make? Are they still real people?
These are some of the kinds of questions my mind suggests to me when I get a chance to interview people who are in a considerably more rarified air than I am, who work and live within the world of entertainment in a way I cannot fully imagine.
This is the second episode of interviews I conducted at Hal-Con 2015 in Halifax, NS. In this episode:
- I talked to Gavin Buhr about becoming a stunt man — and how he broke the news to his mother;
- I talked to Emily Perkins about what playing a werewolf’s sister was a conscious reflection of being, and deciding to step out of the limelight;
- I talked to Lenore Zann about the crossover between her work as a politician and as an actress;
- I talked to Jeff Russell about the otherworldly creatures portrayed in his Cthulhic bestiary.
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Big Issues
- Small Issues
- Extra Issues
CQ: Will an artificially-intelligent product of humanity ever be granted the rights of a human, and will that happen before or after extraterrestrial aliens are granted similar rights?
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Sorry about the delay! And I took a week off to participate in an all-day live broadcast on CHSR-FM. It was part of our Fundrive fundraising campaign. Won’t you please join the campaign and donate a little? Thanks! -MK
On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Back Page
CQ: Does it matter whether we fear or embrace the big changes, like contact with alien civilizations and the growth of artificial intelligence, or should we just prepare to accept them, like it or not?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Inside Perspective
- War on Terra
- Extras
CQ: If we could create an AI and give it the seeming personality of a character from a novel, movie or other story, which AI personality would you want to give you advice?
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- All Space
- No Mind
- Extras
CQ: Has crowdfunding reached a plateau, or is it just getting started?
Promo: CAFFEEN! — I’ve done this music show for years now, but in the last few years it has become a story-telling odyssey through post-rock, soundtrack, minimalist, ambient and awesome wordless music.
Promo: Nutty Bites — My good friend Nutty celebrates what’s awesome, and gets geeks to debate over geeky things. Give it a listen!
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Out of This World
- Not As It Seems
- After Death
- Extras
CQ: For space exploration, which should we work on first: completely autonomous robots or better ways to deliver humans?
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On the Show This Week: (something entirely different)
- Interview: Barbara Minton on Discovering Orbs
- Interview Scott Reaney and Mike Marshall on Chronologies: Book of Giants
- Interview: Christan Baloga on Hair Bat Sculptures
- Clichéwatch: ‘if [x] didn’t exist, [y] would have to invent it’ at The UK Telegraph
CQ: f you could imagine a project that should be crowdfunded, what would it be (and why would it be *necessary* that it exist). And please: Imagine Widely.
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On the show this week:
- Front Page
- Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
- Man’s Beast Friends
- Extras
CQ: With the Internet making us globally connected, are we seeing an erosion of the concept of a “day” in favour of a “semi-random moment of synchronicity”?
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