TWS346: So I Thought I Thought So

On February 13, 2016, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS346 logoOn the show this week:

  • Hard AI
  • Soft AI
  • Little Space
  • These Are The Rules (?)
  • Extras

CQ: Clarke’s Third law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” but do you think we’ll ever get technology that could actually be mistaken for magic as we see it portrayed today?

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TWS340: Stuffed Under The Flying Tree

On December 23, 2015, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS340 logoOn the show this week:

  • First World Problems
  • Starring The Wars
  • Inverted Expectation
  • Extras

CQ: If some lessons can truly only be learned by encountering them in fiction, what stories should we tell to the AI to give them a better chance of turning out good?

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TWS325: A Little Like Nothing Else

On August 10, 2015, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS325 logoOn the show this week:

  • They Like To Move It (Move It)
  • Nothing To Be Here, Move Along
  • Inventions For A New Future
  • Extras

CQ: What’s written in your missing manual of life? Name one thing which you learned as an adult that you realize you should have known as a child. Then name a second one. And a third.

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TWS305: Shoveling the Cold, Hard Calculations

On February 14, 2015, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS305 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Things of Internet
  • Winter is Coming

CQ: Science fiction often projects this, but: should humanity have one, unified, consistent world government, and what could that look like?

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TWS294: Not Nearly Half As Much

On October 24, 2014, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS294 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Thrill or Be Killed
  • Things Done For Love or Money
  • Season’s Creepings
  • Science Diction
  • Extras

CQ: Does so-called “empty entertainment” have value?

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TWS255: Slowly Fast, Like Life As Melting Glacier

On July 23, 2013, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS255 logoOn 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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TWS244: Lie of the Beholder

On March 23, 2013, in Episodes, by the Encaffeinated ONE

TWS244 logoOn the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • By Any Other Name
  • Extras

CQ: What is the best or worst lesson about living life you’ve ever gotten from fiction (books, TV or movies)?

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