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American writer (1920–1992)

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StarShipSofa 781 Cat Rambo

StarShipSofa

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2026 57:29


Cat Rambo's 300+ fiction publications include stories in Asimov's, Clarkesworld Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 2020 they won the Nebula Award for fantasy novelette Carpe Glitter. They are a former two-term President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Their most recent works are space opera Devil's Gun (Tor Macmillan, 2023) and anthology The Reinvented Detective (Arc Manor, 2023), co-edited with Jennifer Brozek.Narration by: Diane Severson Daine Severson is a lyric soprano specializing in Early Music, specifically Baroque and medieval music and loves her work teaching people to sing. She has narrated for Escape Pod, PodCastle, Cast of Wonders, Pseudopod, and Tales to Terrify. Diane has been involved in the Speculative Poetry Scene since 2010, she is Vice President and membership chair of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association and is a passionate promoter of genre poetry. The best place to find her is on the web because she tends to pick up and move to another country at the drop of a hat.Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H SturgisSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intervalo de Confiança
Episode 247: IC # 247 - Regulação da Inteligência Artificial

Intervalo de Confiança

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2026 108:56


Regular a inteligência artificial: até onde, por quem e a que custo? Igor Alcantara recebe a advogada Raquel Maciel para uma conversa sobre riscos, responsabilidade e os limites entre proteger as pessoas e travar a inovação. Do Dilema do Bonde às Leis de Asimov, do EU AI Act ao futuro do trabalho, um papo sobre quem deve pagar a conta quando a máquina erra.A Pauta foi escrita por Igor Alcantara e Raquel Maciel. A edição foi feita por Leo Oliveira e a vitrine do episódio feita por Igor Alcantara em colaboração com a Inteligência Artificial Claude Design da empresa Anthropic. A coordenação de redação e de redes sociais é de Tatiane do Vale. A gerência financeira é de Kézia Nogueira. As vinhetas de todos os episódios foram compostas por Rafael Chino e Leo Oliveira.

The Learning Hack podcast
TI04 Asimov 2: Foundation

The Learning Hack podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2026 57:11


Can the future of an entire civilisation be calculated like the behaviour of gas molecules? In the second of two episodes on Isaac Asimov, John Helmer and Ezri Carlebach turn from his robots to his other great franchise — the Foundation saga — and the seductive idea at its heart: psychohistory, a fictional science that claims to predict the fate of galactic empires. From a Gilbert and Sullivan libretto opened at random to Apple TV's billion-dollar adaptation, this is a conversation about how one pulp idea grew into a cornerstone of science fiction and why its questions about prediction, determinism and power feel uncomfortably current. In this episode: The origins of Foundation — Asimov, his editor John W. Campbell, and the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that inspired a galactic empire The original trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation), Hari Seldon, psychohistory and the Mule How Asimov was pushed by Doubleday into the prequels and sequels — and how he retrofitted Foundation into his robot universe Two adaptations compared: the 1973 BBC Radio dramatization and Apple TV's contemporary series The ideas behind the saga — Gibbon, Spengler, Toynbee, and the long-running argument over Marx and Hegel Prediction as power — from Carissa Véliz's work to prediction markets and accelerationism Asimov the man: his later fame, his legacy, and his failings Connect with The Learning Hack: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer X: @johnhelmer Threads: @jphelmer Bluesky: @johnhelmer.bsky.social Instagram: @tech.imaginarium Website: learninghackpodcast.com Listen and watch: All links: https://linktr.ee/learninghack Next time: Frankenstein — Mary Shelley's fever dream and the most enduring image in tech

Leña al mono que es de goma
2038 - Copilot en Word y revistas de ciencia ficción

Leña al mono que es de goma

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2026 19:10


Palabras clave: Microsoft Copilot, Office, inteligencia artificial, crítica tecnológica, revistas de ciencia ficción, Analog, Asimov, rigor histórico, anacronismos. ### Copilot y las limitaciones de la inteligencia artificial en el entorno Office ### Estado actual de las revistas de ciencia ficción: Analog y Asimov ### Análisis crítico de la calidad narrativa reciente

Hacker Public Radio
HPR4660: Robert A. Heinlein: The Future History, Part 1

Hacker Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2026


This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In his early days as a writer, Heinlein wrote his stories in the context of a shared universe that he called the Future History. These were mostly short stories at first, with hte occasional novella. But they inclode some great stories. The Future History, Part 1 One thing Heinlein became well known for was his Future History. This placed many of his stories in a common framework of a future environment, and allowed events from one story to influence events in other stories. Here is what he had to say about it, in a post I found on the Heinlein Society Facebook site: “I never “created” or “invented” a “Future History.” On April Fool's Day 1939 I started to write commercially; by the middle of August I had written 8 shorts & a serial. As 5 of these items were more or less to the same fictional background, I found that I was continually having to check back to keep from tripping over my own feet. So I took an old navigation chart, about 3×4 feet, turned it over, made the time scale vertical, then set up 5 columns: stories, characters, technical data, sociological, remarks. Then I checked those first 5 stories, filled data into proper columns at the proper height for the fictional date—and continued to do this with other stories later. The chart was on the righthand wall near my elbow and was unusually messy as I never took the chart down to add to it—just reached over and scrawled on it.” Source: https://www.facebook.com/HeinleinSociety/posts/i-never-created-or-invented-a-future-history-on-april-fools-day-1939-i-started-t/1092968002874634/ One thing that became clear as his Future History developed is that he was not looking at our future exactly. He was very clear in his mind that he was writing fiction, and not issuing prophecies. If you are reading it today, it is best to think of this as a kind of alternate timeline, and this is something that holds true through a lot of his work. Even in his later novels, which were never formally part of his Future History, he would mention events from that past group of works, which may implicitly incorporate them. But this is an area where scholars are in disagreement as to which if the later novels, if any, should be incorporated. And there were unwritten stories that appeared on the chart that would have given further background to the stories that were written. They were stories Heinlein seems to have intended to write at some point, but never got around to writing. You can get more information about this in his book Revolt in 2100. The Future History stories were initially collected primarily in three books: The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950), The Green Hills of Earth (1951), and Revolt in 2100 (1953). Each of them fleshes out this hypothetical world in different ways. The first one, The Man Who Sold The Moon, introduces us to a businessman named D.D. Harriman, who is obsessed with going to the moon. But he thinks it should be done by private enterprise rather than by government. So he concocts a scheme to do this. He promotes a legal theory that the rights to the moon belong to the countries that it directly flies over, sort of like air rights taken to infinity. Then he uses the chaos of competing interests to throw this into the United Nations, and then gets the U.N. to give him the rights. He finally gets to launch a mission to set up a Moon base, but cannot join the expedition because the corporation considers him too valuable to risk. In a sequel story, Requiem, he does get to the moon just in time to die there. Heinlein was never above writing a tear-jerker. Of course, the book has other stories not linked to D.D. Harriman. Heinlein's fist story, Life-Line, is also collected here. And his second story, Let There Be Light, anticipates the development of solar power panels, but similarly to Life-Line, this earns the enmity of corporate interest, in the form of the Power Syndicate. The Roads Must Roll postulates moving roadways in the future, but the story really is about the sociology of technology in the future. And Blowups Happen, originally from 1940, anticipates nuclear fission as a power source, but it proves to be dangerous. They claim that the craters on the moon were really caused by a series of explosions to reactors that wiped out an earlier civilization. So they move the reactor into space for safety. And this feeds back into The Man Who Sold The Moon when this reactor in space blows up. In these early stories we can already see that Heinlein has a complex view of society. In Life-Line and Let There Be Light corporate power is the villain of the story, and some of this also shows up in Blowups Happen. But in The Man Who Sold The Moon we see that private enterprise is preferred to government action. I think the way this can be reconciled is to see that Heinlein is always concerned with individual personal freedom and opposed to anything that might endanger that, whether from too much government or too powerful corporate interests. The Green Hills of Earth contains the story of the same name, which concerns a former space engineer, Rhysling, now blinded by radiation and unemployable, who is also a poet. And one of his poems has that title. The crew of Apollo 15 named a crater on the moon “Rhysling”, and they planned to read a bit of it at the crater, but those trips could get very busy. Still, as they were getting ready to leave the moon there was this exchange. Note that Allen is the Capcom, and Scott and Jones are the astronauts : “Allen: As the space poet Rhysling (the blind poet in Robert Heinlein's The Green Hills of Earth) would say, we're ready for you to “come back again to the homes of men on the cool green hills of Earth.” [Scott – “That's from the Green Hills of Earth. That's one we talked about before the flight. Have you read that one?”] [Jones – “Oh, yeah! That was a favorite when I was a kid. Had you read it?”] [Scott – “Sure. (Quoting from memory): We pray for one last landingon the globe that gave us birthTo rest our eyes on fleecy skiesand the cool green hills of Earth.” Although two of the stories in this collection were older, from 1941, most of them are from 1948 and 1949. And there is a reason for that. On December 7, 1941, the United States found itself at war with Imperial Japan, and few days later Nazi Germany. Coming from a family that had fought in every American war you would expect Heinlein to get involved somehow. He could not enlist due to his medical retirement from the Navy, but since he had an engineering background so he became a civilian employee at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he was joined by fellow science fiction writers Isaac Asimov and L. Sprague de Camp. A nice retelling of this can be found at Kirkus Reviews, and Asimov also discusses this in his biography. The upshot is that there is a gap of about 5 years when Heinlein did not publish anything. It is also notable that Heinlein by this point had escaped from the pulp science fiction magazines and gotten published in what were called the “slicks', so-called because the paper they were printed on was slick and higher quality than the pulps. His stories began to be published in places like The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy Magazine, and Town & Country. And these outlets paid higher rates than the pulps, a significant matter for any writer. Heinlein always maintained that the only reason anyone would write was to make money. And the stories were getting to be quite good as well. Delilah and the Space Rigger (1949) tells the story of a woman who joins a construction crew on a space station and faces discrimination, but wins out in the end, which was pretty progressive for the time, but not atypical for Heinlein. Space Jockey is a fairly pedestrian story about a rocket pilot dealing with his every day life. But The Long Watch is an important story to Heinlein's view of the important things in life. A young officer is assigned to duty on the lunar base, where there are nuclear weapons stored. His superiors want to stage a coup, using those weapons, which can threaten the Earth while being beyond the reach of retaliation. The young officer sacrifices himself to prevent their plot from succeeding, and becomes recognized in a death as a great hero. And this becomes part of the background to a later juvenile novel Space Cadet, as well as being referenced occasionally in other stories, so you can see that he regarded it as an important statement. Gentlemen, Be Seated is a cute little story about a man who saves people when a leak happens in a tunnel on the Moon by plugging the leak with his rear end. The Black Pits of Luna is little thing about a boy scout who is able to rescue his little brother, but it foreshadows the Juvenile novels he later wrote. It's Great To Be Back! is about a couple who have moved to the Moon, but continually find fault with the living arrangements. They finally decide to go back to Earth, but discover that it was not really the place they had remembered, and they then return to the Moon, which they now realize is home. -We Also Walk Dogs is a gem of a story concerning a company called General Services that basically does things for their clients. Their advertising slogan is “Want somebody murdered? Then DON'T call General Services. But for anything else, call…. It Pays!” They deal a few different problems in this story, but the main one is the development of anti-gravity, and it features a Chinese porcelain bowl. Ordeal in Space is about a spaceman who has an accident that gives him a fear of heights and washed him out of space. But he has to face his fear when he needs to rescue a kitten from the 35th floor. One thing about Heinlein is that he was a firm and devoted cat fancier, so it no accident that a kitten is the one that has to be rescued. And the final story, Logic of Empire, he discusses the development of slavery in the Venus colony as a natural consequence of machinery being expensive and humans being cheap. And in this story there is a background reference to Nehemiah Scudder, who will soon be important in the Future History. One of the things that is worthy of a brief discussion at this point is exemplified by the story Logic of Empire, and that is the reference to the Venus colony. We now know that Venus can best be described as hellish, with crushing air pressure and temperatures high enough to melt metals. The best designed landers can last no more than minutes before being destroyed. But this was not known when Heinlein was writing these early stories. The prevailing view at that time was that Venus was shrouded in clouds because it was very wet and swampy, so that is what Heinlein went with. Similarly his Mars had canals and was inhabited. You just have to go with it in these stories, as you have to do with so much of Golden Age science Fiction, let alone pre-Golden Age. Links: https://www.facebook.com/HeinleinSociety/posts/i-never-created-or-invented-a-future-history-on-april-fools-day-1939-i-started-t/1092968002874634/ https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Sold-Moon/dp/0671578634 https://www.amazon.com/Green-Hills-Earth-Robert-Heinlein/dp/0671578537 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011GBTKM/ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/asimov-de-camp-and-heinlein-naval-aviation-experim/ https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/robert-a-heinlein/the-future-history-part-1/ Provide feedback on this episode.

The Learning Hack podcast
TI03 Asimov 1: The Robot Laws

The Learning Hack podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2026 67:07


In 1942, a 22-year-old chemistry student and part-time writer set down three short rules for how a fictional robot ought to behave. His aim was to kill off the lazy "robot-as-Frankenstein-monster" cliché. More than eighty years later, real engineers, real ethicists and real lawmakers are still arguing about them. This is the first of two episodes on Isaac Asimov — one of the "big dogs" of science fiction whose output ran to some five hundred books. John Helmer and Ezri Carlebach take on the most enduring part of that legacy: the Three Laws of Robotics. The Laws went on to power nine linked short stories in I, Robot, several films, hundreds of academic papers, and an argument about AI safety that shows no sign of ending any time soon. In this episode: The man and the output Robots before Asimov I, Robot as nine thought experiments Susan Calvin — one of SF's first great female scientists The Three Laws and the trolley problem Coming next: Foundation Links and resources: Website: techimaginarium.co.uk Instagram: @tech.imaginarium Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnHelmerConsulting Music by Nick Dwyer recording as Flintet. The Tech Imaginarium is a Learning Hack podcast, produced and hosted by John Helmer and written by John Helmer and Ezri Carlebach.

Living The Next Chapter: Authors Share Their Journey
E722 - Andrey Medina - Screenwriter and Author - Sci-Fi storyteller who's fascinated by the questions that don't have easy answers

Living The Next Chapter: Authors Share Their Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2026 48:27


EPISODE 722 - Andrey Medina - Screenwriter and Author - Sci-Fi storyteller who's fascinated by the questions that don't have easy answersIn this episode, Dave sits down with author and screenwriter Andrey Medina to explore how imagination, movement, and instability as a child sparked a lifelong inner world that eventually led him to science fiction. Andrey explains that he was not so much “called” to authorship as he was found by science fiction itself, discovering in it a way to imagine alternatives to reality. Influences like Tolkien and Asimov did more than shape his taste; they fundamentally shaped how he thinks about worlds, systems, and psychohistory-level questions of how reality can be simulated and reimagined.Andrey shares honest, practical advice for aspiring writers: finish something. Even a three to five page story matters, because reaching the end delivers pride and a deeper sense of catharsis as both writer and reader of your own work. He describes how completing a story can move you to tears or leave you breathless, and why that emotional climax is the best encouragement to keep going. From there, the second crucial step is to show your work to someone. Even if the reader does not fully connect, the simple fact that they speak your character's name out loud proves that someone else now carries a piece of your imagination in their mind. He also talks about setting himself a week-long challenge during Covid to write a short story every day, emphasizing that even “crappy” stories hold fragments of gold worth revisiting later.The conversation turns to craft and career. Andrey talks about mining small but powerful ideas from imperfect drafts, like a story of a boy who believes he is a robot and a father forced to deconstruct life into tiny, teachable truths. He discusses writing both for himself and for readers, consciously merging the stories he loves with clear commercial awareness, particularly in his young adult speculative dystopian thrillers. Drawing on his screenwriting background, he explains how thinking in scenes, locations, conflict, and emotional reaction shapes his novels, and how good dialogue functions as action rooted in motivation and emotional baggage.Andrey introduces his series, beginning with The Conduit Trials, featuring Ren, a sixteen year old rebel in a totalitarian regime whose botched mission leads to a death sentence and a shocking offer to become a fighter pilot for the very system she opposes. He teases themes of moral ambiguity, propaganda, and critical thinking in a world where nothing is fully right or fully wrong, and shares how recent chaotic global events helped fuel the emotional “lava” behind the story. He wants readers to be fully immersed in Ren's world while constantly asking themselves, “What would I do in her place?”He also explains how listeners can currently read The Conduit Trials as a free ARC through BookSprout, join his mailing list via a link at the end of the book, and stay updated on future installments and launches.Key takeaway: Finish something, no matter how small, and let it be seen. Completion gives you emotional proof that you are a storyteller, and every shared story, even an imperfect one, plants your imagined world in another person's mind.https://www.facebook.com/andreymedina84Send us Fan MailSupport the show___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks!https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca

El Tablero Podcast
ET206: Esta noche, cenaremos en casa de Mark Herman!

El Tablero Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2026


 Empiezo animando a la gente a que saquen ese juego que tienen enclaustrado en la biblioteca y que parece que nunca va a ser jugado.Luego viene Celacanto con Kilia y Formidable Farm. Luego el juego de la semana Perikles: The Peloponnesian Wars.Para acabar un poco de libros, el tercero de Slow Horses y un poco de Asimov, para acabar algun comentario sobre alguna serie del momento.  DESCARGAR 

Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*
Fantastic Voyage: Psychedelic Nanotech in 1966

Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2026 57:19


As always there are spoilers ahead! You can follow the podcast on social media on Threads, Instagram and Bluesky. If you would like to be a patron of the podcast and help an indie podcaster out, you can join Patreon and for £3 or $3 a month you can get ad free version of the show. https://www.patreon.com/everyscififilm An extra huge thank you to my wonderful guests as this episode had to be re-recorded due to a major problem with the audio file the first time. You can find the synopsis of the film on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Voyage#Plot In 1966 20th Century Fox chose a steady pair of hands in Richard Fleischer (the son of animation superstar Max Fleischer) to helm what at the time was both the tiniest and the biggest science fiction adventure. Tiny because of the nano science storyline and biggest because of it being the most expensive science fiction film ever made (at that time) costing over five million dollars.   I talk to two top tier guests about the film. Jay Telotte is Professor Emeritus of film and media studies at Georgia Tech. He has written/edited numerous books and articles about science fiction film including his upcoming books Before Trek: Building American Science Fiction Television. Lisa Yaszek is Regents' Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech and has written/edited multiple books on science fiction including her upcoming book Mothership Rising: Afrofuturism in the Radium Age. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:40 Big budget scifi 05:45 Richard Fleischer 09:10 The history of Nanotech sci-fi 16:41 Sci-fi and scale in cinema 19:42 Richard Feynman and small science 22:55 1950s influences 25:53 James Bond and Spy-fi 27:05 Psychedelic scifi 31:22 Harper Goff, Disney and design 33:36 1960s crew dynamics 42:48 Asimov's novelisation 44:24 Secularism vs religion 46:52 Legacy 52:57 Recommendations   Recommendations: The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James O'Brien (which can be found here) Surface Tension by James Blish Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon   Dr Cyclops (1940) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)   NEXT EPISODE! Next episode I will be speaking with Oscar winning Special Effects Supervisor Paul Franklin to discuss his favourite sci-fi film Blade Runner (1982). Paul has worked on an array of blockbusters including The Batman Begins trilogy, Venom (2018), Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014).

The Learning Hack podcast
TI00 Welcome to The Tech Imaginarium

The Learning Hack podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2026 7:15


In 1983, Isaac Asimov predicted that computers would let every person learn what they wanted, in their own time, at their own speed. Forty years on, that vision is more or less the world we live in. So what else might science fiction have to tell us about the future we're already inside? Welcome to The Tech Imaginarium — a new six-part series exploring how science fiction made the modern world. Co-hosts John Helmer and Ezri Carlebach introduce the season ahead, the texts and authors they'll be reading as "skewed mirrors" of our technological present, and why now is exactly the right moment to be paying attention to SF.   In this episode: Asimov's startlingly accurate 1983 prediction about computer-aided learning Why science fiction is a form of learning, not just entertainment — Stephen Baxter's "skewed mirror" A first look at the six-episode season: Amazing Stories at 100, five foundational SF authors, two episodes on Asimov, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and the awkward question of whether SF predicts the future   Links and resources: Website: learninghackpodcast.com Instagram: @TechImaginarium Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnHelmerConsulting   Music by Nick Dwyer and Flintet. The Tech Imaginarium is a Learning Hack podcast, produced and hosted by John Helmer and written by John Helmer and Ezri Carlebach.

Fularsız Entellik
Foundation: Nasıl Uyarlama Yapılır

Fularsız Entellik

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2026 28:23


Vakıf serisini, dizi uyarlamasının güzel yönlerini inceleyerek bitiriyoruz. Bilimkurgu sevmeseniz bile, diziyi izlemeyecekseniz bile, hikayecilik açısından faydalı bir bölüm olacağını umuyorum. Konular: (00:00) Alaçatı Kitap Günleri (01:52) Fikir enflasyonu (02:42) Sihir enflasyonu (04:18) Empire: Devlet benim (06:16) Asimovun ruhu (07:10) Genetik hanedan (10:09) Erkeğin Üç Yüzü (14:29) Demerzel (18:30) Ex Machina (20:57) Ebedi imparatoriçe (22:52) Tavsiye: Asimov okuma sırası (25:41 ) Patreon teşekkürleri Kaynaklar:⁠⁠⁠ AppleTV'de yayınlanan Vakıf dizisi (2021) Asimov okuma sırası --- Bu bölüm reklam içermektedir

Hacker Public Radio
HPR4640: Robert A. Heinlein

Hacker Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026


This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Robert A. Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein was the author who many people claim kicked off the Golden Age, though that can be the subject of many a barroom argument. E.E. “Doc” Smith was already an established writer by this time, and A.E. van Vogt was contemporaneous with Heinlein. But Heinlein managed to outshine everyone in very short order. He was widely known as “The Dean of Science Fiction Writers,” which testifies to his stature in the community, and along with Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov he was one of the Big Three of the Golden Age. He was the first person to be named a Science Fiction Grand Master in 1974. Four of his novels won Hugo Awards (Double Star, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress), and 7 more works were given Retro-Hugo awards, which are awarded for works that were written before the Hugos were established. He also had many more works nominated for both awards, as well as many other awards like Nebula Awards. In short, he was a big deal to the science fiction community at large, and to me personally. I was, for a short time, managing the web site for The Heinlein Society, and I have read every work of his that I am aware of. Heinlein Background Robert Anson Heinlein was born in 1907 in Butler, Missouri, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, which he described as the middle of the Bible Belt, and this background is reflected in some of his stories, particularly the later ones. His family tradition had it that the Heinlein's had fought in every American war beginning with the War of Independence, and Robert and his brothers all joined the armed forces. Robert lied about his age when he was 16 in order to enlist in the Missouri National Guard, and a few years later obtained an appointment to the Naval Academy, graduating in 1929 with the equivalent of a bachelors degree in engineering (the Naval Academy did not award degrees at the time). His engineering background is very apparent in his writings. He served on several ships, rising to the rank of Lieutenant, before being discharged in 1934 due to pulmonary tuberculosis. It seems likely that if he did not contract this illness he would have continued his career in the Navy, and with World War II coming, well, who knows what might have happened. But he did get ill, and had to find things to do. He notably got involved with Upton Sinclair's socialist organization EPIC (End Poverty in California). He ran for office unsuccessfully, running as a left-Democrat in a conservative district. And while he had a disability pension from the Navy, he turned to writing to pay off his mortgage. Heinlein's Writing Heinlein was originally known as a “hard” science fiction writer, meaning one who puts plausible and accurate science at the heart of the story. But looking at his entire career, he was equally comfortable writing fantasy, though not the faux medieval kind that many writers. In fact, he coined the term “speculative fiction” to describe the kind of stories he wrote. And if he wanted to he was quite capable of mixing the hard science and the fantasy, particularly in his later novels. And his output was very substantial. Asimov wrote more than Heinlein, but Heinlein stuck to fiction, while Asimov wrote in a variety of fields, so Heinlein's output in the general area of science fiction/fantasy is the greater. And he is known for works of all lengths from short stories to novels. A useful guide to his works is the book Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion, by James Gifford. This book covers all of his science fiction/fantasy works known as of 2000, and gives additional information about the writing and circumstances of the stories. But in 2003 an early work was discovered and published. It was a novel called For Us The Living, and while you can see the germ of Heinlein's style in this novel, it is also a very early work written in 1938 and is not one of his best. He would get a lot better than this. In any case, it was not published at the time, and is mostly of interest to Heinlein superfans or scholars. Heinlein got his real start in 1939 with a short story called Life-line, which was published in John W. Campbell's Astounding magazine. Isaac Asimov had published a few stories by this time, and his first for John W. Campbell's Astounding was in the previous month, July 1939, so as you can see this was a very fertile time in the development of the genre. Heinlein's story was about a scientist who developed a technology to predict a person's time of death. This totally threatens the insurance industry, and one of the CEO's put out hit on the scientist, which he of course already knows about having tested himself. This is not the best short story, but it was quite competent, and John W. Campbell immediately asked for more. More short stories followed. In the November 1939 issue of Astounding the story Misfit appeared. It introduces the character of Andrew Jackson “Slipstick” Libby, a young man with little education but a great ability to do mathematics in his head. And his ability turns out to be just what is needed during a construction project in space when things go wrong. And in 1940 he had 9 more stories published. And at this point he faced a problem. He was becoming so prolific that for a number of reasons he had to employ pseudonyms for some of his stories. One reason was that he couldn't have too many stories in one magazine in his name, it made the editor look bad. In any case all of the stories are now published under Heinlein's name. And of the 9 stories, 6 were either nominated for or won Retro Hugo awards, and several also won Prometheus Hall of Fame Awards, for the best libertarian or anti-authoritarian works. So you can see that his was a talent that exploded on the scene, so that you could legitimately divide the science fiction history into pre-Heinlein and post-Heinlein periods. 11 more stories of various lengths followed in 1941, and 5 in 1942. There were mostly short stories, but a few novellas and novelettes appeared. But he was really a short fiction writer at this time, and there are some extraordinary stories in this group. He was the most successful writer of speculative fiction of the time, and passed along some advice to anyone who wanted to be a successful writer. Heinlein's Rules of Writing Because he was so successful, it should come as no surprise that aspiring writers frequently wrote to him for advice, and in response he formulated his Rules of Writing. This is taken from his On The Writing of Speculative Fiction : You must write. Finish what you start. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order. You must put your story on the market. You must keep it on the market until it has sold. He goes on to say in this article : “The above five rules really have more to do with how to write speculative fiction than anything said above them. But they are amazingly hard to follow—which is why there are so few professional writers and so many aspirants, and which is why I am not afraid to give away the racket!” This is very good advice, but as Heinlein points out his rules are indeed hard to follow. For example, Rule #1: You must write. Many people want to be a writer, but not as many really want to write, and there is a very distinct difference. Just as many people want to be a rock star, but don't want to spend years dead broke playing in dive bars to get there. But it is also fair to point out that Heinlein was a rare talent, and I doubt if simply following his rules would make anyone else a similar success. They are good rules, no doubt, but Heinlein was already very familiar with and well-read in the field before he started writing. That finishes this particular exploration of where Heinlein came from and how be began his career. And since it all started with short fiction, I next want to focus on that. beginning with his Future History. This starts our look at the works of Robert A. Heinlein, the third of the Big Three authors of the Golden Age. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Heinlein-Readers-Companion/dp/0967987407 https://www.amazon.com/Us-Living-Comedy-Customs/dp/074325998X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Writing_of_Speculative_Fiction https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/robert-a-heinlein/ Provide feedback on this episode.

Historias para ser leídas
El Eclipse. El Club de los Viudos Negros, Isaac Asimov

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2026 45:18


En el restaurante Milano tiene lugar la última cena de El Club de los Viudos Negros. Una reunión final, como todas las anteriores: elegante, tranquila y peligrosamente inteligente. Esta vez, un invitado llega con un relato de ciencia ficción sobre un eclipse, pero sin trama. Solo una imagen, un destello, una intuición. Y en la mesa, entre preguntas afiladas y silencios atentos, el grupo hace lo de siempre: convertir lo incompleto en un enigma con forma, y ahí aparece nuestro Henry....🔎 ¡Feliz noche! y quédense hasta las postres....🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Un círculo discreto de seis caballeros que se reúnen una vez al mes, siempre en el mismo restaurante, siempre en la misma mesa, y siempre con una única regla: cada cena debe tener un invitado, y ese invitado debe estar dispuesto a hablar y a ser interrogado. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸 El Club de los Viudos Negros', de Asimov. CENA DE MAYO 🍷🍰 📍 Ristorante Casa Milano – Milano, Italia 🧭 Coordenadas: 45°28'19.8"N 9°12'06.4"E Isaac Asimov los creó como un homenaje al placer de conversar, al arte de observar y a la deliciosa costumbre de no quedarse con la primera respuesta. Acomódate. El vino está servido. La cena va a comenzar. Y tú… Tú también estás invitado. Los Viudos Negros son un club de seis hombres que se reúnen una vez al mes en un reservado del restaurante Milano de Nueva York. Cada noche uno de ellos preside el encuentro y tiene el derecho de llevar un invitado, al que interrogan. Al principio sólo se reunían para comer y conversar pero últimamente uno de ellos plantea algún tipo de problema o delito. Los miembros del club buscan respuestas complejas a los enigmas planteados y luego Henry, el camarero, descubre la simple verdad. El club está formado por:🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Geoffrey Avalon, Jeff. Alto y delgado, espesas cejas negras, bigote recortado y barbita gris. Fue oficial durante la II Guerra Mundial y trabaja como abogado en derecho patentario. Mario Gonzalo, pintor y gran artista. Thomas Trumbull. Rostro moreno y arrugado, permanentemente descontento. Experto en códigos, alto consejero del gobierno. Emmanuel Rubin, Manny. Bajito, mide 1,55, barba rala, lentes gruesos. Fue predicador adventista con 15 años y conoce bien la Biblia. Está casado y es escritor de novelas policíacas. James Drake. Bigote. Vive en New Jersey. Especialista en química orgánica con amplios conocimientos en literatura. Roger Halsted, calvo. Profesor de matemáticas en una escuela secundaria. Escribe la Ilíada en quintillas y todos los meses les recita una estrofa. Es miembro de los Irregulares de Baker Street. Henry Jackson, el camarero. Unos 60 años, sin arrugas. Es humilde y honrado. Entre ellos se llaman doctores y si uno es doctor de carrera le denominan doctor doctor. Para ayudarse en sus investigaciones cuentan con diccionarios, biblias y las obras de Shakespeare en su biblioteca. Y recuerda que puedes seguirnos en Telegram, YouTube, Instagram y X, y si este podcast te acompaña, te inspira o te gusta lo que hago, puedes hacerte fan y apoyar la nave. Tu energía mantiene viva esta aventura sonora.🚀 Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y sonido Olga Paraíso, Música Epidemic sound con licencia premium autorizada para este podcast. ⏩BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PLAYLIST EL CLUB DE LOS VIUDOS NEGROS EN Ivoox https://go.ivoox.com/bk/11290149 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Universo de Misterios
1969 - Asimov, Miller y El Origen de la Vida

Universo de Misterios

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2026 79:03


1969 - Asimov, Miller y El Origen de la Vida NT2ARCPC Si va a escribir un comentario, gracias por hacerlo, pero por favor, lea antes las normas de publicación que se encuentran a continuación: (si usted es una persona educada, no tiene que leer las normas). Universo de Misterios tiene reservado el derecho de admisión y publicación de comentarios. Los comentarios son aprobados o rechazados por el departamento de gestión de comentarios y correos electrónicos de UDM (GECOCO). José Rafael solo lee los comentarios una vez hayan sido aprobados por el GECOCO y publicados. El muro de comentarios de los episodios de UDM en iVoox NO es una red social. No espere que el creador del podcast “debata” con usted. Generalmente, los comentarios anónimos podrían no ser publicados. UDM es un podcast independiente y, por tanto, su contenido expresa el criterio de su autor. La temática general es la Ciencia y el Misterio bien entendido, pero su autor podrá abordar otras temáticas según su criterio. No está obligado a escuchar UDM, si no le gusta lo que escucha, puede dejar de hacerlo, pero no le diga al autor de lo que debe o no debe hablar en su podcast. No envíe comentarios que contengan falacias lógicas. No de información personal. Las opiniones valen lo que valen los argumentos que las respaldan. Si su comentario expresa una opinión crítica, no nos interesa su opinión si no está argumentada. No espere que su comentario sea respondido necesariamente. Comprenda que se reciben diariamente un elevado número de comentarios que han de ser gestionados, se publiquen o no. Si hace comentarios con afirmaciones dudosas, arguméntelas aportando enlaces a fuentes fiables (recuerde, el muro de Comentarios de los episodios de UDM en iVoox NO es una red social). En caso de no respaldar su comentario como se indica en la caja de descripción del episodio, su comentario podrá no ser publicado. Siguiendo las recomendaciones de la NASA publicadas en el Informe sobre UAP del 13 de septiembre de 2023, en UDM no aprobamos comentarios que contribuyan a extender el estigma que tradicionalmente ha caído sobre los testigos de UAP/OVNIs. Contacto con Universo de Misterios: universodemisteriospodcast@gmail.com En la realización de los episodios de Universo de Misterios puede recurrirse a la ayuda de Inteligencia Artificial como herramienta. Puedes hacerte Fan de Universo de Misterios y apoyarlo económicamente obteniendo acceso a todos los episodios cerrados, sin publicidad, desde 1,99 €. Aunque a algunas personas, a veces, puede proporcionar una falsa sensación de alivio, la ignorancia nunca es deseable. Pero eso, tú ya lo sabes... Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

2 To Ramble
Asimov's Favorite Story He Wrote | The Last Question

2 To Ramble

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 46:18


Check out Rivercow coffee & user out code "2ToRamble" for 15-25% off here! https://tryrivercow.com/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=2tr⭐️ Exclusive Book Club! Join/Support on Patreon

La mia vita spaziale
Cosa sa di te la tua AI che tu non sai di averle detto

La mia vita spaziale

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2026 28:12


Hai mai pensato a quanto della tua relazione con un'AI vada persa ogni volta che cambi modello?Non parlo dei dati: nome, lavoro, preferenze di stile. Quelli si esportano. Parlo di qualcosa che non si vede nei settings: il modo in cui un sistema ha imparato a capirti senza che tu lo spiegassi ogni volta.Luca Cinacchio, ricercatore indipendente, chiama questo campo relazionale. E ha costruito un metodo per trasferirlo da un modello all'altro, anche quelli che non hanno nemmeno un pulsante di import.Nella nostra conversazione emerge anche una domanda inquietante: se si può costruire un campo relazionale sano, si può costruire anche uno tossico. E nessun filtro tecnologico, per quanto sofisticato, può fermarlo davvero.La risposta, secondo lui, è l'educazione di chi usa l'AI. Che è esattamente lo scopo di questo canale.https://youtu.be/JFkKUOjPO_kDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/la-mia-vita-spaziale--2578955/support.© Andrea Brugnoli – Tutti i diritti riservati.

Fularsız Entellik
Foundation Dizisi: Nasıl Uyarlama Yapılmaz

Fularsız Entellik

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 37:34


Selam fularsızlar. Vakıf serimizin son iki bölümünü, 2021'de başlayan dizi uyarlamasına adıyorum. Hem çok iyi hem de çok kötü bir uyarlama. Çünkü birbiriyle pek alakası olmayan en az iki farklı diziden oluşuyor. İşin komik tarafı, Asimov'dan esinlendikleri kısımları zayıfken, kendi uydurdukları orjinal kısımları onun vizyonunu daha iyi yansıtıyor. Bugün dizinin "kötü" kısmını anlatacağım. Ama esas derdim, onu bahane olarak kullanıp, genel olarak hikaye anlatıcılığı üstüne atıp tutmak. Yani diziyi izlememiş ve belki hiç izlemeyecek olanların dahi işine yarayacak bir şeyler yapmak istiyorum. Konular: (00:00) Dizi uyarlamaları: Dune ve Vakıf (03:30) Seçilmiş kişi" klişesi (05:26) Kahramanın yolculuğu (07:15) Ölümsüz aktörler (08:30) Fikir enflasyonu (09:03) Anlatım aygıtları vs dünya inşası (11:52) Exposition dump (16:13) 138 yıl daha uyuyalım (17:40) Şiddet yanlısı Salvor Hardin (19:30) Seldon enflasyonu (20:34) Sihirli obje: Vault (23:09) Anti sürpriz: Katır (25:07) Zaman paradoksu (26:50) Lüzumsuz bir Pinokyo (28:31) Awake (30:20) Ve uzaylılar (31:13) Herkesi şaşırtmalıyız hastalığı (33:51) Öğrencinin öğretmenine dönüşümü (35:12) Dizinin iyi yarısı Kaynaklar:⁠ AppleTV'de yayınlanan Vakıf dizisi (2021) --- Bu bölüm reklam içermektedir

Mandy Connell
05-05-26 Interview - Our Futurist Thomas Frey - We Need to Regulate the Robot Revolution Now

Mandy Connell

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2026 17:44 Transcription Available


WE NEED TO REGULATE THE ROBOT REVOLUTION NOW And our futurist Thomas Frey is on with suggestions about how to manage the robots so they don't kill us. Here he suggests a Geneva Convention of sorts for robots to set up a framework. He explains here that any trust in robots can be destroyed in one afternoon. Here he explains the diaper test and here he digs into the Asimov test. Robots are coming to our homes and we need to get on this now before they kill us all. Thomas joins me at 1 to discuss it all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How To Write The Future
202. Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine

How To Write The Future

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2026 15:30 Transcription Available


“I was a science fiction reader from the beginning, and I continued to identify myself as a science fiction writer. However, a lot of my stuff would have to be classified as fantasy.” - David D. Levine In the latest How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled “Read, Write, Repeat with David D. Levine” host Beth Barany talks to science fiction author David D. Levine about his career path, the challenges of history research, and how he uses it in his novels, including gender throughout the ages.ABOUT DAVID D. LEVINEDavid D. Levine is the author of Andre Norton Nebula Award winning novel Arabella of Mars, sequels Arabella and the Battle of Venus and Arabella the Traitor of Mars, space-opera caper novel The Kuiper Belt Job, and over sixty SF and fantasy stories. His story “Tk'Tk'Tk” won the Hugo, and he has been shortlisted for awards including the Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, and Sturgeon. Stories have appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Tor.com, numerous Year's Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Space Magic.Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.d.levine.sfInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daviddlevine/Website: https://daviddlevine.comBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/daviddlevine.comRESOURCESGET HELP WITH YOUR WORLD BUILDING - START HEREFree World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers: https://writersfunzone.com/blog/world-building-resources/SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth BaranySHOW CO-PRODUCTION + NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDadeEDITORIAL SUPPORT by Iman Llompartc. 2026 BETH BARANYhttps://bethbarany.com/Questions? Comments? Send us a text!Support the show---♦︎ JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP: For fiction writers! You've finished your first draft! Congrats! Now what?Join the Edit the Future: Sci‑Fi/Fantasy Revision Lab. Get premium weekly lessons and a monthly Q&A on Zoom. Subscribe: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2012061/subscribe♥︎ FREE: Sign up here for the Edit Your Novel ChecklistHelps writers revise faster with less overwhelm by focusing first on diagnosis, not fixing. Get yours at http://edityournovelchecklist.com.♡ SHOP: Sci‑Fi & Fantasy 24 Writing Prompts: https://ko-fi.com/s/4ac9160a74❤️ Want to be interviewed on the podcast? => Email us!CONNECT WITH BETHvia emailvia LinkedInCREDITSEDITED WITH DESCRIPT (Affiliate link)MUSIC: Uppbeat.ioDISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1994465

The Crypto Conversation
Coins.ph – Building the Stablecoin Economy

The Crypto Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2026 26:12


Wei Zhou is the CEO of Coins.ph, the largest crypto-native fintech platform in the Philippines, which he acquired in 2022. A former CFO of Binance and long-time finance executive — Wei has been rebuilding Coins.ph as a fully regulated on-ramp between fiat, crypto and stablecoins for Filipino users and businesses, while extending the playbook globally through Coins.xyz. Why you should listen A real-world stablecoin case study: The Philippines pulls in close to $100 billion a year in foreign inflows — roughly $38 billion in retail remittances from nearly 10 million overseas Filipino workers, plus around $50 billion flowing into the country's huge business process outsourcing sector. Historically almost all of it moved over Swift banking rails at 5–6% in fees, which remittance pioneers like Remitly and MoneyGram dragged down to 2–4%. Wei walks through how stablecoin rails are collapsing those costs further still — Coins.ph has run USDC flows with Circle at just 20–30 basis points — and why, post-Covid, everyday Filipino families and businesses with overseas ties are pivoting into stablecoins on their own. A two-sided marketplace with a stablecoin flywheel: Wei thinks of Coins.ph less as an exchange and more as a stablecoin marketplace, with retail users as net buyers of digital dollars on one side, and businesses and institutions sending money into the country as net sellers on the other — a balance that drives liquidity, tightens pricing and fuels growth. The biggest friction, he argues, isn't crypto; it's fiat. Opening up cheap 24/7 deposits and withdrawals is what pulls users in, and weekend trading volumes on Coins already outstrip weekday volumes simply because traditional banks are closed. He also previews a B2B push launching before the end of May, enabling online and offline Coins merchants to accept USDC and USDT payments, alongside partnerships with Circle, HashKey and other licensed players to build out regional stablecoin corridors. Stablecoins as the new unit of account: Looking three to five years out, Wei sees a world where more and more assets — from Bitcoin pairs to tokenised securities and real-world assets — are denominated in stablecoins rather than fiat. The GENIUS Act in the US, along with parallel regimes in the EU, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and the UAE, is the unlock: traditional financial institutions can finally engage with stablecoins directly, letting platforms like Coins.ph tap deeper pools of liquidity and bring more investment products to Filipino users. In the hot-take round, Wei calls Bitcoin to a million dollars ("and then sats become the new stablecoin"), argues the AI intelligence layer is already quietly embedded in everything we use, and names Asimov's Foundation and Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem as his favourite sci-fi. Supporting links Stabull Finance Coins Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin   If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

ITSPmagazine | Technology. Cybersecurity. Society
Before the Robots Run. More reflections from RSAC 2026 — The Power of the Community and the Machines We Invited In. | Written By Marco Ciappelli & Read By Tape3

ITSPmagazine | Technology. Cybersecurity. Society

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2026 10:47


This was my twelfth RSA Conference. I know that because I remember the first one, 2012, and I've been counting ever since — not out of habit, but because each year feels like a chapter in a longer story I'm trying to read in real time. Twelve years of standing in that same building in San Francisco, watching an industry evolve, stumble, reinvent itself, and occasionally look in the mirror. In the early years it was pure technology. Cryptography, protocols, threat vectors, the architecture of defense. The conversations were technical, the energy was almost academic, the suits were slightly more formal. Then something shifted — gradually, then all at once, the way things usually do. The industry started talking about people. About culture. About the human beings sitting behind the keyboards and the very human mistakes they were making. The themes started reflecting it: community, togetherness, collective defense. Stronger Together. The Human Element. The Power of Community. Year after year, the message from the main stage was some variation of: we are more than our tools. People are what matter. Connection is the point. And then you'd walk the expo floor and see the booths. I'm not being cynical. The community is real — I've felt it, in the hallway conversations, in the side events, in the faces of people I've been running into for a decade who are genuinely trying to make the digital world safer. That part is true and it matters. But there's a growing gap between what the theme says and what the stage performs. And at RSAC 2026, that gap became impossible to ignore. Because this year, while the badge said The Power of Community, the keynotes were almost entirely about agents. Non-human ones. I wrote about this from a different angle in my first piece from RSAC — the Blade Runner angle, the NPC angle, the question of identity and intent when you can no longer tell the difference between a human action and an autonomous one. But there's another layer underneath that deserves its own space. It's the pattern. The twelve-year arc. An industry spends years — genuinely, sincerely — rediscovering the human element. Putting people at the center. Building a vocabulary around community, ethics, shared responsibility. And then, in what feels like a single conference cycle, it pivots to deploying a parallel workforce of non-human identities that outnumber us in our own systems, operate at speeds no human can follow, take actions no human directly authorized, and — here's the part that should make everyone pause — that a significant portion of organizations deploying them cannot monitor, cannot fully distinguish from human activity, and in many cases cannot stop once they're running. We built the community. Then we populated it with agents and handed them the keys. I kept thinking, walking those corridors, about the resistance. Not as a metaphor — or not only as a metaphor. In every story we've ever told about machines that gained too much autonomy, there's always a moment before the crisis where someone in the room knew. Where the warning existed. Where the design decision was made anyway because the pressure to ship, to scale, to compete was stronger than the instinct to pause. The difference between those stories and this moment is that we're not watching it happen to fictional characters. We're the ones making the design decisions. And unlike software — which you can patch, roll back, update at 3am while everyone is asleep — agents with autonomy and access are a different category of thing entirely. The old mantra of move fast and break things made a certain kind of sense when what you were breaking was a feature. It makes no sense at all when what you're deploying can act, chain consequences, and escalate — faster than any human response team can follow. This is where Asimov becomes relevant again. Not as nostalgia, not as science fiction trivia, but as a genuine design philosophy that the industry would do well to remember. His Three Laws of Robotics weren't invented as a plot device. They were a thought experiment in ethics-by-architecture — what does it look like to build the values into the system before the system runs, rather than hoping to correct the values after something goes wrong? He spent decades of stories showing that even the most carefully designed ethical constraints produce edge cases, contradictions, unintended consequences. But the point was never that ethics-by-design is perfect. The point was that without it, you don't have a fighting chance. We are, right now, at the moment before the laws get written. Some people at RSAC were saying this clearly — not from the main stage, but in the rooms and conversations where the more honest thinking tends to happen. The guardrails exist. The frameworks are being built. But they're being built while the deployment is already running, while the agents are already in the systems, while the governance structures are catching up to a reality that moved faster than the institutional response. That gap is the real story of RSAC 2026. Not the products. Not the keynote soundbites. The gap between the speed of deployment and the maturity of the thinking around what we're actually deploying. The community theme was right, actually — just not in the way the branding intended. The most important community at RSAC 2026 wasn't on the main stage. It was the quieter one: the engineers, researchers, practitioners, and security leaders who understand that we are at an inflection point, and that the decisions made in the next few years about how to design, govern, and constrain autonomous systems will matter far beyond the conference floor in San Francisco. Utopia and dystopia are not predetermined destinations. They're design outcomes. We still get to choose the architecture. But the window for making that choice thoughtfully — rather than reactively, in the middle of a crisis that moved faster than our guardrails — is not as wide as we might like to think. Asimov knew that. He wrote the laws before the robots ran. Maybe it's time we did the same. Stay imperfect, stay human. — Marco Let's keep exploring what it means to be human in this Hybrid Analog Digital Age. End of transmission. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Historias para ser leídas
La melodía del inconsciente. El Club de los Viudos Negros, Isaac Asimov

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2026 47:06


Tema final "The American Revolution" by Richard Bales, versión original 1960 en Archive Internet Org. En "La melodía del inconsciente" un soldado canturrea una canción cada vez que se siente amenazado ¿Qué significa? 🔎🎙 Un círculo discreto de seis caballeros que se reúnen una vez al mes, siempre en el mismo restaurante, siempre en la misma mesa, y siempre con una única regla: cada cena debe tener un invitado, y ese invitado debe estar dispuesto a hablar y a ser interrogado. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸 El Club de los Viudos Negros', de Asimov. CENA DE abril 🍷🍰 📍 Ristorante Casa Milano – Milano, Italia 🧭 Coordenadas: 45°28'19.8"N 9°12'06.4"E Isaac Asimov los creó como un homenaje al placer de conversar, al arte de observar y a la deliciosa costumbre de no quedarse con la primera respuesta. Acomódate. El vino está servido. La cena va a comenzar. Y tú… Tú también estás invitado. Los Viudos Negros son un club de seis hombres que se reúnen una vez al mes en un reservado del restaurante Milano de Nueva York. Cada noche uno de ellos preside el encuentro y tiene el derecho de llevar un invitado, al que interrogan. Al principio sólo se reunían para comer y conversar pero últimamente uno de ellos plantea algún tipo de problema o delito. Los miembros del club buscan respuestas complejas a los enigmas planteados y luego Henry, el camarero, descubre la simple verdad. El club está formado por:🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Geoffrey Avalon, Jeff. Alto y delgado, espesas cejas negras, bigote recortado y barbita gris. Fue oficial durante la II Guerra Mundial y trabaja como abogado en derecho patentario. Mario Gonzalo, pintor y gran artista. Thomas Trumbull. Rostro moreno y arrugado, permanentemente descontento. Experto en códigos, alto consejero del gobierno. Emmanuel Rubin, Manny. Bajito, mide 1,55, barba rala, lentes gruesos. Fue predicador adventista con 15 años y conoce bien la Biblia. Está casado y es escritor de novelas policíacas. James Drake. Bigote. Vive en New Jersey. Especialista en química orgánica con amplios conocimientos en literatura. Roger Halsted, calvo. Profesor de matemáticas en una escuela secundaria. Escribe la Ilíada en quintillas y todos los meses les recita una estrofa. Es miembro de los Irregulares de Baker Street. Henry Jackson, el camarero. Unos 60 años, sin arrugas. Es humilde y honrado. Entre ellos se llaman doctores y si uno es doctor de carrera le denominan doctor doctor. Para ayudarse en sus investigaciones cuentan con diccionarios, biblias y las obras de Shakespeare en su biblioteca. Y recuerda que puedes seguirnos en Telegram, YouTube, Instagram y X, y si este podcast te acompaña, te inspira o te gusta lo que hago, puedes hacerte fan y apoyar la nave. Tu energía mantiene viva esta aventura sonora.🚀 Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y sonido Olga Paraíso, Música Epidemic sound con licencia premium autorizada para este podcast. ⏩BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PLAYLIST EL CLUB DE LOS VIUDOS NEGROS EN Ivoox https://go.ivoox.com/bk/11290149 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

The Robin Smith Show
#220 Zack Be

The Robin Smith Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 97:15


Zack Be is an award-winning author, obscure songwriter, and Couple and Family Therapist/Certified Sex Therapist caught in the Washington, DC gravity well. His clinical work focuses on the more complex corners of relationships—working with couples in crisis, non-traditional dynamics like ethical non-monogamy and BDSM, long-term infidelity, and male sexual health concerns. He also teaches and supervises graduate student therapists at the University of Maryland. His science fiction has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog SF and Fact, and Writers of the Future v.36, and he won the 2024 Jim Baen Memorial Science Fiction Award. Off the clock, he's spent 15 years playing, producing, touring, and otherwise toiling away in the DC music scene. Learn more about him:https://www.zackbe.com/Learn more about his work as an author herehttps://www.zackbe.com/authorFollow Zack onIG @bezackbeTwitter @bezackbe--Get in touch: robinsmithshow@gmail.comCall the hotline: +1 (301) 458-0883Follow Robin on Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/robinsmithBook an appointment: https://robin-smith.clientsecure.me/request/serviceBecome a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/therobinsmithshowGot a question? We'd love to hear from you!

Fularsız Entellik
Foundation vs DUNE

Fularsız Entellik

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 25:37


Bugünün konusu, Asimov'a doğrudan bir cevap olarak yazıldığı düşünülen -ve benim de en çok sevdiğim bilimkurgu romanı olan- Dune. Sistemler, kahramanlar, din, teknoloji, kehanet gibi birçok konuda örtüşüyorlar. Karşılaştırmalı bir analiz yapalım. (Dune hakkında biraz spoiler içerir) Konular: (00:00) Epstein serisi notu (02:08) Hangisi daha iyi (03:37) Roma vs Feodalizm (07:52) Tekno-iyimserlik (10:33) Nerede bu yapay zeka (13:19) Kehanet (17:31) Kahramanlık (19:53) Zeitgeist farkı (21:13) Dune kitapları Kaynaklar: Video: Dune vs Foundation - Which Future is Better? --- Bu bölüm reklam içermektedir

Vlan!
#389 Comment l'humain devient le prochain chantier technologique ? Avec Olivier Veran (partie 2)

Vlan!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 36:10


Olivier Véran est évidemment l'ancien mnistre de la santé qui a eu à gérer la crise du Covid mais c'est égaleemnt un médecin neurologue. Depuis, il a quitté la politique pour mieux l'observer, et il regarde le monde avec une lucidité qui, franchement, m'a surpris.On s'était croisés autour d'un café pour parler d'un sujet qui m'obsède : comment nos cerveaux vont évoluer à l'ère de l'IA. Et la conversation est allée beaucoup plus loin que prévu.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de diagnostic préimplantatoire et de design d'enfant, de neurotechnologies d'augmentation, du projet d'Apple de lire vos pensées via les AirPods, de l'absence totale de débat démocratique sur ces sujets, de la société du commentaire vue de l'intérieur d'un ministère, des inégalités creusées par les campagnes de santé publique, de l'avenir de la Sécurité sociale, et de ce qui, selon Olivier, peut encore nous redonner de l'élan.J'ai questionné Olivier sur ce qui se joue vraiment autour des neurotechnologies, sur pourquoi il n'existe pas encore de "conférence d'Asilomar" pour le cerveau, et sur ce que ça dit de nous, collectivement, qu'on laisse ces décisions aux seuls acteurs privés.Un épisode dense, parfois inconfortable, et finalement assez stimulant j'espère.CITATIONS MARQUANTES"Si ton collègue d'à côté parle 50 langues, comprend plus vite que toi et peut bosser 12 heures sans pause, à un moment donné, tu n'auras plus le choix.""Il n'y a pas eu de conférence d'Asilomar pour les neurotechnologies. Pas 150 chercheurs réunis pour dire : est-ce qu'on veut vraiment aller là ?""L'IA, ça nous est littéralement tombé dessus. Aucun État n'était préparé. Et c'est déjà la preuve qu'on est incapables d'anticiper les révolutions technologiques.""80% de tes dépenses de santé, c'est dans ta dernière année de vie.""Je claque la porte à la radicalité de tous bords, celle qui veut nous faire croire qu'on n'a plus la capacité de s'entendre."QUESTIONS DE L'INTERVIEWLe diagnostic préimplantatoire est interdit en France, mais légal ailleurs. Où en est-on techniquement, et à quelle fiabilité ?Le film Bienvenue à Gattaca date de 1997. Est-ce qu'il a pris une ride ?Comment la société du commentaire a-t-elle changé la gestion d'une crise sanitaire comme le Covid ?On a été l'un des pays les plus vaccinés. Comment tu expliques ça, vu le niveau de défiance au départ ?Si tu devais regérer le Covid aujourd'hui, qu'est-ce que tu ferais différemment ?Les neurotechnologies d'augmentation, c'est de la science-fiction ou c'est pour demain ?À quel moment est-ce qu'on nous a demandé notre avis sur ces technologies qui peuvent lire nos pensées ?Interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans, comme le propose Macron, ça sert à quoi ?L'IA va-t-elle remplacer les médecins, ou simplement transformer leur métier ?Qu'est-ce qui te donne encore de l'élan, dans ce monde qui semble s'effondrer ?Les idées partagées1. La neuroaugmentation n'est pas de la science-fiction, c'est du business Apple a breveté des AirPods capables de capter les ondes cérébrales. L'industrie du gaming développe des casques qui lisent les émotions. Des milliards sont investis sans aucun contrôle démocratique. Le glissement est lent, mais il est en cours. Pourquoi c'est important : on ne nous demande pas notre avis, et c'est précisément le problème. (~28:00)2. Il n'existe pas de "conférence d'Asilomar" pour le cerveau Dans les années 80, les généticiens avaient eux-mêmes demandé l'interdiction du clonage humain. Aujourd'hui, rien d'équivalent n'existe pour les neurotechnologies. Le Chili est le seul pays au monde à avoir inscrit des "neurodroits" dans sa constitution. Pourquoi c'est important : ce vide est une décision par défaut, et elle se prend sans nous. (~32:00)3. Les campagnes de santé publique creusent les inégalités Contra-intuitif mais documenté : plus tu investis dans la prévention grand public, plus tu touches ceux qui en ont le moins besoin. Les messages "mangez des fruits", "faites du sport" n'atteignent pas les ouvriers qui passent 2h30 dans les transports chaque jour. Pourquoi c'est important : la santé publique telle qu'on la pratique produit exactement l'inverse de ce qu'elle prétend faire. (~1:05:00)4. L'IA ne remplacera pas le médecin, mais changera radicalement ce qu'il fait L'IA est déjà plus performante que l'oeil humain en imagerie. Elle va diagnostiquer plus tôt, trouver des biomarqueurs inattendus, raccourcir la durée de formation. Mais la valeur humaine se concentrera sur l'information de première main, celle que l'IA ne peut pas avoir. Pourquoi c'est important : la question n'est pas "IA ou médecin" mais "quel médecin dans un monde avec IA". (~53:00)5. La souveraineté sanitaire est déjà perdue, et Trump l'accélère 98% des matières premières pour les médicaments vitaux viennent d'Asie. Un médicament sur quatre innovants n'est pas distribué en France faute d'accord sur le prix. Et Trump vient d'imposer aux labos que les nouveaux médicaments ne coûtent pas plus cher aux Américains qu'aux Européens, ce qui va mécaniquement augmenter les prix en Europe. Pourquoi c'est important : une décision d'un homme peut mettre à mal tous les systèmes de protection sociale européens. (~45:00)RÉFÉRENCES CITÉESFilms / SériesBienvenue à Gattaca (1997) — Ethan Hawke, Jude Law — modèle d'une société basée sur la sélection génétique (~06:00)Fondation (série Apple TV+, d'après Asimov) — clone d'un dirigeant à trois âges différents (~11:00)Personnalités / Figures historiquesJacques Monod, généticien prix Nobel français, qui disait dans les années 80 qu'on ne pourrait jamais toucher au génome humain (~09:00)Pierre Larocque (gaulliste) et Ambroise Croizat (communiste), co-fondateurs de la Sécurité sociale (~1:03:00)Eduardo Paes, maire de Rio, qui a proposé de rendre les GLP-1 accessibles dans les favelas (~1:10:00)Sam Altman, patron d'OpenAI, rencontré par Olivier Véran (~35:00)Pasteur, cité comme exemple de découverte scientifique accidentelle (~57:00)Nathalie Polony, citée sur la dépendance militaire européenne aux équipements américains (~42:00)Concepts / Références intellectuellesConvention d'Asilomar (Californie) — réunion des généticiens ayant conduit à l'interdiction du clonage (~08:00)La "fenêtre d'Overton" — mécanisme de déplacement des sujets acceptables dans le débat public (~14:00)Le positivisme et le Temple positiviste de Rio — la morale comme sommet de toutes les sciences (~40:00)La Société du commentaire — mentionné comme titre de livre (~12:00)Conation — concept d'élan vital évoqué avant l'enregistrement (~48:00)Rapport UNESCO sur les neurotechnologies (~36:00)Réforme constitutionnelle chilienne sur les neurodroits (~33:00)Étude nord-américaine : 40% des élèves exerceront un métier qui n'existe pas encore (~07:00)F2SOI / Soitec — microprocesseur français présent dans tous les smartphones (~44:00)TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction — Comment redonner envie du futur face aux polycrises 02:30 Choix des embryons et diagnostic préimplantatoire — ce qui est légal, ce qui ne l'est pas 07:00 Bienvenue à Gattaca : la science-fiction est devenue une piste sérieuse 10:00 Clonage humain : l'interdiction d'Asilomar et ce qui se passerait si c'était à refaire aujourd'hui 14:00 La société du commentaire — comment les médias fabriquent des sujets de débat 18:00 Covid : la gestion de crise vue de l'intérieur, la désinformation, le vaccin 24:00 Peut-on envisager une nouvelle crise sanitaire ? Les scénarios sur la table 28:00 Neurotechnologies : du progrès naturel à la lecture de pensées par AirPods 35:00 Neuroaugmentation et transhumanisme — pourquoi on n'a pas notre conférence d'Asilomar 40:00 Le positivisme et la morale comme boussole du progrès technologique 42:00 Souveraineté numérique et sanitaire — la dépendance stratégique de l'Europe 48:00 Conation, IA générative et burn-out de ChatGPT — ce qui se perd quand on fait faire 53:00 IA et médecine — diagnostic, formation, remplacement ou transformation ? 58:00 L'information de première main comme seule plus-value humaine face à l'IA 01:01:00 Ce qui donne encore de l'élan à Olivier Véran — le lien, les amis, la solidarité 01:05:00 Santé publique et inégalités — pourquoi les campagnes touchent les mauvaises cibles 01:10:00 Sécurité sociale : retour aux fondamentaux, le panier de soins, les arbitrages 01:17:00 Robots en médecine — chirurgie de précision, micro-robots, logiciels 01:22:00 Claquement de porte et ouverture — contre la radicalité, pour le débat 01:25:00 La politique, un métier ? Pourquoi Olivier Véran pense que nonHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Vlan!
#389 Comment l'humain devient le prochain chantier technologique? Avec Olivier Veran (partie 1)

Vlan!

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2026 51:37


Olivier Véran est évidemment l'ancien mnistre de la santé qui a eu à gérer la crise du Covid mais c'est égaleemnt un médecin neurologue. Depuis, il a quitté la politique pour mieux l'observer, et il regarde le monde avec une lucidité qui, franchement, m'a surpris.On s'était croisés autour d'un café pour parler d'un sujet qui m'obsède : comment nos cerveaux vont évoluer à l'ère de l'IA. Et la conversation est allée beaucoup plus loin que prévu.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de diagnostic préimplantatoire et de design d'enfant, de neurotechnologies d'augmentation, du projet d'Apple de lire vos pensées via les AirPods, de l'absence totale de débat démocratique sur ces sujets, de la société du commentaire vue de l'intérieur d'un ministère, des inégalités creusées par les campagnes de santé publique, de l'avenir de la Sécurité sociale, et de ce qui, selon Olivier, peut encore nous redonner de l'élan.J'ai questionné Olivier sur ce qui se joue vraiment autour des neurotechnologies, sur pourquoi il n'existe pas encore de "conférence d'Asilomar" pour le cerveau, et sur ce que ça dit de nous, collectivement, qu'on laisse ces décisions aux seuls acteurs privés.Un épisode dense, parfois inconfortable, et finalement assez stimulant j'espère.CITATIONS MARQUANTES"Si ton collègue d'à côté parle 50 langues, comprend plus vite que toi et peut bosser 12 heures sans pause, à un moment donné, tu n'auras plus le choix.""Il n'y a pas eu de conférence d'Asilomar pour les neurotechnologies. Pas 150 chercheurs réunis pour dire : est-ce qu'on veut vraiment aller là ?""L'IA, ça nous est littéralement tombé dessus. Aucun État n'était préparé. Et c'est déjà la preuve qu'on est incapables d'anticiper les révolutions technologiques.""80% de tes dépenses de santé, c'est dans ta dernière année de vie.""Je claque la porte à la radicalité de tous bords, celle qui veut nous faire croire qu'on n'a plus la capacité de s'entendre."QUESTIONS DE L'INTERVIEWLe diagnostic préimplantatoire est interdit en France, mais légal ailleurs. Où en est-on techniquement, et à quelle fiabilité ?Le film Bienvenue à Gattaca date de 1997. Est-ce qu'il a pris une ride ?Comment la société du commentaire a-t-elle changé la gestion d'une crise sanitaire comme le Covid ?On a été l'un des pays les plus vaccinés. Comment tu expliques ça, vu le niveau de défiance au départ ?Si tu devais regérer le Covid aujourd'hui, qu'est-ce que tu ferais différemment ?Les neurotechnologies d'augmentation, c'est de la science-fiction ou c'est pour demain ?À quel moment est-ce qu'on nous a demandé notre avis sur ces technologies qui peuvent lire nos pensées ?Interdire les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans, comme le propose Macron, ça sert à quoi ?L'IA va-t-elle remplacer les médecins, ou simplement transformer leur métier ?Qu'est-ce qui te donne encore de l'élan, dans ce monde qui semble s'effondrer ?Les idées partagées1. La neuroaugmentation n'est pas de la science-fiction, c'est du business Apple a breveté des AirPods capables de capter les ondes cérébrales. L'industrie du gaming développe des casques qui lisent les émotions. Des milliards sont investis sans aucun contrôle démocratique. Le glissement est lent, mais il est en cours. Pourquoi c'est important : on ne nous demande pas notre avis, et c'est précisément le problème. (~28:00)2. Il n'existe pas de "conférence d'Asilomar" pour le cerveau Dans les années 80, les généticiens avaient eux-mêmes demandé l'interdiction du clonage humain. Aujourd'hui, rien d'équivalent n'existe pour les neurotechnologies. Le Chili est le seul pays au monde à avoir inscrit des "neurodroits" dans sa constitution. Pourquoi c'est important : ce vide est une décision par défaut, et elle se prend sans nous. (~32:00)3. Les campagnes de santé publique creusent les inégalités Contra-intuitif mais documenté : plus tu investis dans la prévention grand public, plus tu touches ceux qui en ont le moins besoin. Les messages "mangez des fruits", "faites du sport" n'atteignent pas les ouvriers qui passent 2h30 dans les transports chaque jour. Pourquoi c'est important : la santé publique telle qu'on la pratique produit exactement l'inverse de ce qu'elle prétend faire. (~1:05:00)4. L'IA ne remplacera pas le médecin, mais changera radicalement ce qu'il fait L'IA est déjà plus performante que l'oeil humain en imagerie. Elle va diagnostiquer plus tôt, trouver des biomarqueurs inattendus, raccourcir la durée de formation. Mais la valeur humaine se concentrera sur l'information de première main, celle que l'IA ne peut pas avoir. Pourquoi c'est important : la question n'est pas "IA ou médecin" mais "quel médecin dans un monde avec IA". (~53:00)5. La souveraineté sanitaire est déjà perdue, et Trump l'accélère 98% des matières premières pour les médicaments vitaux viennent d'Asie. Un médicament sur quatre innovants n'est pas distribué en France faute d'accord sur le prix. Et Trump vient d'imposer aux labos que les nouveaux médicaments ne coûtent pas plus cher aux Américains qu'aux Européens, ce qui va mécaniquement augmenter les prix en Europe. Pourquoi c'est important : une décision d'un homme peut mettre à mal tous les systèmes de protection sociale européens. (~45:00)RÉFÉRENCES CITÉESFilms / SériesBienvenue à Gattaca (1997) — Ethan Hawke, Jude Law — modèle d'une société basée sur la sélection génétique (~06:00)Fondation (série Apple TV+, d'après Asimov) — clone d'un dirigeant à trois âges différents (~11:00)Personnalités / Figures historiquesJacques Monod, généticien prix Nobel français, qui disait dans les années 80 qu'on ne pourrait jamais toucher au génome humain (~09:00)Pierre Larocque (gaulliste) et Ambroise Croizat (communiste), co-fondateurs de la Sécurité sociale (~1:03:00)Eduardo Paes, maire de Rio, qui a proposé de rendre les GLP-1 accessibles dans les favelas (~1:10:00)Sam Altman, patron d'OpenAI, rencontré par Olivier Véran (~35:00)Pasteur, cité comme exemple de découverte scientifique accidentelle (~57:00)Nathalie Polony, citée sur la dépendance militaire européenne aux équipements américains (~42:00)Concepts / Références intellectuellesConvention d'Asilomar (Californie) — réunion des généticiens ayant conduit à l'interdiction du clonage (~08:00)La "fenêtre d'Overton" — mécanisme de déplacement des sujets acceptables dans le débat public (~14:00)Le positivisme et le Temple positiviste de Rio — la morale comme sommet de toutes les sciences (~40:00)La Société du commentaire — mentionné comme titre de livre (~12:00)Conation — concept d'élan vital évoqué avant l'enregistrement (~48:00)Rapport UNESCO sur les neurotechnologies (~36:00)Réforme constitutionnelle chilienne sur les neurodroits (~33:00)Étude nord-américaine : 40% des élèves exerceront un métier qui n'existe pas encore (~07:00)F2SOI / Soitec — microprocesseur français présent dans tous les smartphones (~44:00)TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction — Comment redonner envie du futur face aux polycrises 02:30 Choix des embryons et diagnostic préimplantatoire — ce qui est légal, ce qui ne l'est pas 07:00 Bienvenue à Gattaca : la science-fiction est devenue une piste sérieuse 10:00 Clonage humain : l'interdiction d'Asilomar et ce qui se passerait si c'était à refaire aujourd'hui 14:00 La société du commentaire — comment les médias fabriquent des sujets de débat 18:00 Covid : la gestion de crise vue de l'intérieur, la désinformation, le vaccin 24:00 Peut-on envisager une nouvelle crise sanitaire ? Les scénarios sur la table 28:00 Neurotechnologies : du progrès naturel à la lecture de pensées par AirPods 35:00 Neuroaugmentation et transhumanisme — pourquoi on n'a pas notre conférence d'Asilomar 40:00 Le positivisme et la morale comme boussole du progrès technologique 42:00 Souveraineté numérique et sanitaire — la dépendance stratégique de l'Europe 48:00 Conation, IA générative et burn-out de ChatGPT — ce qui se perd quand on fait faire 53:00 IA et médecine — diagnostic, formation, remplacement ou transformation ? 58:00 L'information de première main comme seule plus-value humaine face à l'IA 01:01:00 Ce qui donne encore de l'élan à Olivier Véran — le lien, les amis, la solidarité 01:05:00 Santé publique et inégalités — pourquoi les campagnes touchent les mauvaises cibles 01:10:00 Sécurité sociale : retour aux fondamentaux, le panier de soins, les arbitrages 01:17:00 Robots en médecine — chirurgie de précision, micro-robots, logiciels 01:22:00 Claquement de porte et ouverture — contre la radicalité, pour le débat 01:25:00 La politique, un métier ? Pourquoi Olivier Véran pense que non Suggestion d'autres épisodes à écouter : #376 Quelles stratégies pour reconstruire une France autonome et résiliente? Avec Arnaud Montebourg - Partie 1 (https://audmns.com/UxFQjUM) [SOLO] On s'en fout de la longévité : guide pour ceux que ça saoule mais qui veulent quand même vivre en bonne santé (https://audmns.com/naYIAVO) #294 Les secrets de la longévité en bonne santé avec Docteur Christophe de Jaeger (https://audmns.com/yiQROWd)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Noticentro
CDMX reporta baja de 8% en delitos de alto impacto

Noticentro

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 1:45 Transcription Available


Disminuyen llamadas de emergencia al 911 en la CDMX Papa León XIV recuerda legado de FranciscoIsaac Asimov, legado vigente de la ciencia ficciónMás información en nuestro podcast#grc

The Algorithmic Advantage
050 – Samir Varma - When Academic Finance Theory Fails

The Algorithmic Advantage

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2026 67:49


Where Real Edge in Quant Trading Actually Comes FromDo not watch this podcast. This is Part 1 with Samir Varma, and in Part 2 we go into great detail about his quantitative trading. In the Collective, he gives our members some specific instructions on how to measure risk differently – this stuff isn't fluff. But in Part 1, I got derailed into quantum physics, determinism, AI, Asimov's three laws of robotics and more. One of my favourite shows – but the first show I've done that isn't about trading! It's the warm-up you need to make the most of Part 2 though, and if I didn't publish it, I'd be depriving a great many of you who will no doubt find this stuff as fascinating as myself! Still, if you only have time for strict ‘trading content', fair warning, skip this. Let me know your thoughts…

United Public Radio
The Authors Quill Authors Dorothy de Kok Michael T_ Kuester Mark McWatersuture_

United Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2026 118:19


Dorothy de Kok skims author bios with mild suspicion—aware they matter, but quietly convinced they are proof that even the greatest writers have writer's block when they have to write about themselves … and here we are. Her own storytelling journey began at twelve, when she attempted her first novel: an earnest and spectacularly terrible fan fiction of Enid Blyton's Magic Faraway Tree series. She finished it, reread it proudly, then lost it, which is just as well, as it was a threat to great literature. Since then, Dorothy has collected an unusually broad résumé: high school English teacher, academic editor, safe-house director, real estate agent, and hopeful but horrendous gardener. She has spent years listening to people's stories—students, clients, and survivors—and those voices sometimes find their way into her fiction. Michael T. Kuester is an engineer by day, science fiction writer by night. An avid hiker and cooking enthusiast, Michael is a passionately curious individual, and lives his life by the motto “In the twenty-first century, there's no excuse for an unanswered question”. Over the years he's devoted free time to researching everything from the history of naval warfare to the origins of potato chips. Michael resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his partner Jen, their two children, and their freeloader housemate Eddie the Cat. His work will be appearing soon in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, but L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42 will mark his professional debut. Mark McWaters Mark McWaters has long been a fan of all things that go bump in the night, scratch at the door, or blow cold air on the back of your neck. From a very young age, he carried a pad and pencil around with him, composing poems to give to girls. He devoured all the Hardy Boys and Doc Savage books he could get his hands on and expanded his reading horizons from there. Robert Heinlein, Asimov, and Bradbury, whetted his appetite for Sci-Fi. Ann Rice's Interview With The Vampire blew his mind. A scene from Stephen King's Salem's Lot haunts him to this day. And Watcher by Dean Koontz made him a lifelong fan.

Shores of Ignorance
Ep 274: When The Grain of Sand Falls

Shores of Ignorance

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2026 74:34


Matt and Michael watched Artemis 2 launch into obscurity, then went deeper. They explore the mathematical impossibility of DNA arising by chance: 10^77 odds versus 10^56 atoms in the Milky Way. They discuss self-organized criticality and why systems collapse suddenly. They examine Asimov's Seldon Crisis: the inevitable binary choice point. They contrast Lucifer's "knowledge for myself" with Socratic and Christ-like humility. They unpack nihilism versus meaning through Lord of the Rings archetypes. They examine why David's census brought divine punishment. The seed must die to become a plant. The question is not whether you will die. It is whether you will die for something that matters. Cheers y'all

Science Faction Podcast
Episode 601: Thank You, Flea!

Science Faction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2026 81:11


This week we bounce from toy-filled offices and pirate obsessions into brain-powered computers and philosophical robot chaos—before wrapping things up with a very French film discussion and next week's Book Club pick. Real Life Devon kicks things off by giving some Texans a tour of his office—which, unsurprisingly, is packed with what can only be described as adult toys. Naturally, this spirals into a broader conversation about how we're all just kids with slightly more expensive hobbies. No shame there. Ben brings us into the world of VR with Walkabout Mini Golf's Hollywood course (check it out here: https://www.mightycoconut.com/hollywood). But it's not all smooth putting—there's some concern about rising course prices, less frequent releases, layoffs, and reduced iOS support. The vibe is shifting a bit, and not necessarily in a good way. Devon also caught Project Hail Mary in IMAX and came away seriously impressed—calling it one of the best book adaptations he's seen. High praise. That leads into some appreciation for Andy Weir's writing style and a detour into the Cheshire Crossing webcomic, because apparently we're doing high-concept sci-fi and surreal fairy tale mashups in the same breath now. Meanwhile, Steven has fully committed to pirates. A Pirates of the Caribbean rewatch has set the tone, but instead of just watching, he's gearing up to run a full-on Pirate Borg game (https://www.limithron.com/pirateborg). There's also a shoutout to Land of Eem, a muppet-inspired TTRPG being run by Christina's husband—which sounds delightfully weird—but yeah… pirates won this week.   Future or Now Devon brings in something that sounds like it's straight out of a dystopian sci-fi script: data centers powered by human brain cells. Yes, actual biological neurons. https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/staff-brain-data-center-spine-fluid https://futurism.com/new-computer-neural-network-human-brain-cells These systems require daily maintenance—including swapping out cerebrospinal fluid—which is not a sentence you expect to hear in a tech discussion. What started as experiments where neurons learned to play Pong (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/14/1128875298/brain-cells-neurons-learn-video-game-pong) has now escalated to… potentially running DOOM. Because of course it has. If you want to go deeper into the company behind it, check out https://corticallabs.com/. But the real question is: at what point does this stop being "cool innovation" and start being "ethically complicated nightmare fuel"? Ben counters with some technophilosophy, specifically the Three Inverse Laws of Robotics (https://susam.net/inverse-laws-of-robotics.html). It's a fun twist on Asimov's classic rules—basically flipping the script to highlight how things could go very wrong. If Devon's segment is about can we do this?, Ben's is asking should we?   Book Club Next week's read: Through the Machine by P.A. Cornell https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/through-the-machine/ This week, the crew dives into Arco!—which you can find here: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/arco/umc.cmc.16jgcgmdg48xptfayroel0yvy Ben gives a full rundown of the film, clearly coming in as the biggest fan of the group. Steven jumps in with context on the cast and sums up the experience as "very French," which tells you a lot if you've ever watched… well, anything French. Devon lands somewhere in the middle—appreciating a lot of what the movie does, even if it doesn't fully sweep him away. If you're into sci-fi that edges a little too close to reality, pirate RPG chaos, or just three guys trying to figure out where the line is between "cool tech" and "we've gone too far," this episode's got you covered. And if you want more—bonus episodes, unedited chaos, Discord access, and all the weird extras—head over to patreon.com/sciencefactionpodcast and join us there.

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Broadway y sus canciones de cuna. El Club de los Viudos Negros, Isaac Asimov

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 47:30


En esta ocasión la cena se prepara en el apartamento de Rubin. 🥠🍗🥩🍰🍸 Un círculo discreto de seis caballeros que se reúnen una vez al mes, siempre en el mismo restaurante, siempre en la misma mesa, y siempre con una única regla: cada cena debe tener un invitado, y ese invitado debe estar dispuesto a hablar y a ser interrogado. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸 El Club de los Viudos Negros', de Asimov. CENA DE MARZO 🍷🍰 📍 Ristorante Casa Milano – Milano, Italia 🧭 Coordenadas: 45°28'19.8"N 9°12'06.4"E Isaac Asimov los creó como un homenaje al placer de conversar, al arte de observar y a la deliciosa costumbre de no quedarse con la primera respuesta. Acomódate. El vino está servido. La cena va a comenzar. Y tú… Tú también estás invitado. Los Viudos Negros son un club de seis hombres que se reúnen una vez al mes en un reservado del restaurante Milano de Nueva York. Cada noche uno de ellos preside el encuentro y tiene el derecho de llevar un invitado, al que interrogan. Al principio sólo se reunían para comer y conversar pero últimamente uno de ellos plantea algún tipo de problema o delito. Los miembros del club buscan respuestas complejas a los enigmas planteados y luego Henry, el camarero, descubre la simple verdad. El club está formado por:🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Geoffrey Avalon, Jeff. Alto y delgado, espesas cejas negras, bigote recortado y barbita gris. Fue oficial durante la II Guerra Mundial y trabaja como abogado en derecho patentario. Mario Gonzalo, pintor y gran artista. Thomas Trumbull. Rostro moreno y arrugado, permanentemente descontento. Experto en códigos, alto consejero del gobierno. Emmanuel Rubin, Manny. Bajito, mide 1,55, barba rala, lentes gruesos. Fue predicador adventista con 15 años y conoce bien la Biblia. Está casado y es escritor de novelas policíacas. James Drake. Bigote. Vive en New Jersey. Especialista en química orgánica con amplios conocimientos en literatura. Roger Halsted, calvo. Profesor de matemáticas en una escuela secundaria. Escribe la Ilíada en quintillas y todos los meses les recita una estrofa. Es miembro de los Irregulares de Baker Street. Henry Jackson, el camarero. Unos 60 años, sin arrugas. Es humilde y honrado. Entre ellos se llaman doctores y si uno es doctor de carrera le denominan doctor doctor. Para ayudarse en sus investigaciones cuentan con diccionarios, biblias y las obras de Shakespeare en su biblioteca. Y recuerda que puedes seguirnos en Telegram, YouTube, Instagram y X, y si este podcast te acompaña, te inspira o te gusta lo que hago, puedes hacerte fan y apoyar la nave. Tu energía mantiene viva esta aventura sonora.🚀 Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y sonido Olga Paraíso, Música Epidemic sound con licencia premium autorizada para este podcast. ⏩BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PLAYLIST EL CLUB DE LOS VIUDOS NEGROS EN Ivoox https://go.ivoox.com/bk/11290149 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Recomendados de la semana en iVoox.com Semana del 5 al 11 de julio del 2021
Broadway y sus canciones de cuna. El Club de los Viudos Negros, Isaac Asimov

Recomendados de la semana en iVoox.com Semana del 5 al 11 de julio del 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2026 47:30


En esta ocasión la cena se prepara en el apartamento de Rubin. 🥠🍗🥩🍰🍸 Un círculo discreto de seis caballeros que se reúnen una vez al mes, siempre en el mismo restaurante, siempre en la misma mesa, y siempre con una única regla: cada cena debe tener un invitado, y ese invitado debe estar dispuesto a hablar y a ser interrogado. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸 El Club de los Viudos Negros', de Asimov. CENA DE MARZO 🍷🍰 📍 Ristorante Casa Milano – Milano, Italia 🧭 Coordenadas: 45°28'19.8"N 9°12'06.4"E Isaac Asimov los creó como un homenaje al placer de conversar, al arte de observar y a la deliciosa costumbre de no quedarse con la primera respuesta. Acomódate. El vino está servido. La cena va a comenzar. Y tú… Tú también estás invitado. Los Viudos Negros son un club de seis hombres que se reúnen una vez al mes en un reservado del restaurante Milano de Nueva York. Cada noche uno de ellos preside el encuentro y tiene el derecho de llevar un invitado, al que interrogan. Al principio sólo se reunían para comer y conversar pero últimamente uno de ellos plantea algún tipo de problema o delito. Los miembros del club buscan respuestas complejas a los enigmas planteados y luego Henry, el camarero, descubre la simple verdad. El club está formado por:🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Geoffrey Avalon, Jeff. Alto y delgado, espesas cejas negras, bigote recortado y barbita gris. Fue oficial durante la II Guerra Mundial y trabaja como abogado en derecho patentario. Mario Gonzalo, pintor y gran artista. Thomas Trumbull. Rostro moreno y arrugado, permanentemente descontento. Experto en códigos, alto consejero del gobierno. Emmanuel Rubin, Manny. Bajito, mide 1,55, barba rala, lentes gruesos. Fue predicador adventista con 15 años y conoce bien la Biblia. Está casado y es escritor de novelas policíacas. James Drake. Bigote. Vive en New Jersey. Especialista en química orgánica con amplios conocimientos en literatura. Roger Halsted, calvo. Profesor de matemáticas en una escuela secundaria. Escribe la Ilíada en quintillas y todos los meses les recita una estrofa. Es miembro de los Irregulares de Baker Street. Henry Jackson, el camarero. Unos 60 años, sin arrugas. Es humilde y honrado. Entre ellos se llaman doctores y si uno es doctor de carrera le denominan doctor doctor. Para ayudarse en sus investigaciones cuentan con diccionarios, biblias y las obras de Shakespeare en su biblioteca. Y recuerda que puedes seguirnos en Telegram, YouTube, Instagram y X, y si este podcast te acompaña, te inspira o te gusta lo que hago, puedes hacerte fan y apoyar la nave. Tu energía mantiene viva esta aventura sonora.🚀 Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y sonido Olga Paraíso, Música Epidemic sound con licencia premium autorizada para este podcast. ⏩BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PLAYLIST EL CLUB DE LOS VIUDOS NEGROS EN Ivoox https://go.ivoox.com/bk/11290149

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories
The Body-Masters by Frank Belknap Long

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2026 40:25


In a future where emotion is engineered and desire is regulated, a respected surgeon begins to sense a flaw in the system he helps enforce. When doctrine collides with instinct, the cost of perfect control becomes impossible to ignore. The Body-Masters by Frank Belknap Long. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Thanks to David who recently bought us two coffees. “One of my favorite podcasts, and my favorite science fiction 'cast. Please add some more Asimov and Robert Heinlein. Your podcast has given me a new appreciation for Philip K Dick.”Thanks David! There aren't many more Isaac Asimov stories that are in the public domain that we haven't already narrated, but there are a handful, we will find one and add it to the podcast as soon as possible. Unfortunately, there aren't any more stories by Robert Heinlein left for us to narrate. Happy to hear that you have enjoyed the stories by Philip K. Dick, his stories are always fun to narrate.If you would like to buy us a coffee there is a link in the description.☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffeeWe have developed a new found appreciation for Frank Belknap Long's work as of late. Look for another of his creative works in the next week or so.Today's tale was published in Weird Tales Magazine in February 1935 on page 189, The Body-Masters by Frank Belknap Long…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, An old spaceman lies dying while a rocket prepares for launch nearby. As the final countdown approaches, he fights for one last moment that proves his life in space meant something. Death of a Spaceman by Walter M. Miller.☕ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee===========================

The Functional Nerds Podcast
Episode 697-With John Chu

The Functional Nerds Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2026 53:04


This week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome John Chu, author of The Subtle Art of Folding Space. About The Subtle Art of Folding Space: Ellie's universe?and this one?is falling apart. Her ailing mother is in a coma; her sister, Chris, accuses her of being insufficiently Chinese between assassination attempts; and a shadowy cabal of engineers is trying to hijack the skunkworks, the machinery that keeps the physics of each universe working the way it's supposed to. Daniel, Ellie’s cousin, has found an illicit device in the skunkworks?one that keeps Ellie’s comatose mother alive while also creating destabilizing bugs in the physics of this universe. It’s not a good day. If she can confront her mother's legacy and overcome her family's generational trauma, she just might find a way to preserve the skunkworks and reconcile with her sister…but digging into her family's past is thornier than it seems, and the secrets she uncovers will force Ellie to choose between her family and the universe itself. About John Chu: John Chu is a microprocessor architect by day, a writer, translator, and podcast narrator by night. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming at Boston Review, Uncanny, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, and Tor.com among other venues. His translations have been published or is forthcoming at Clarkesworld, The Big Book of SF and other venues. He has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte Awards, won the Best Short Story Hugo for “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere.” and won the Best Novelette Nebula for “If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You.” His novel, The Subtle Art of Folding Space will be published by Tor in April, 2026. This week's picks: John: Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi Tracy: Japanese Curry Blocks Patrick: The 13th Warrior Links: John Chu’s Newsletter Tracy Townsend on BluSky Patrick Hester on Instagram The Functional Nerds Patreon Page © 2026 Patrick Hester The post Episode 697-With John Chu appeared first on The Functional Nerds.

Historias para ser leídas
El Demonio de dos centímetros, Azazel. Isaac Asimov (1988) - Episodio exclusivo para mecenas

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2026 25:22


Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El demonio de dos centímetros, relato de Isaac Asimov, publicado en 1988. En esta historia, el propio narrador nos cuenta cómo conoció en un congreso literario a George Bitternut, un hombre excéntrico y aparentemente ingenuo que afirma poseer un diminuto demonio llamado Azazel. Esta criaturita, de apenas dos centímetros de altura, posee poderes sobrenaturales que George utiliza, según él, para ayudar a otras personas. Con su característico ingenio, Asimov mezcla fantasía, humor y sátira, recordándonos que incluso los demonios más pequeños pueden causar los mayores enredos. Gracias a los Fans taberneros Galácticos de la nave por hacer esto posible. Abrazo a todos desde la Taberna. Por cierto… ¿has mirado ya en tu bolsillo? La base musical pertenece a Epidemic Sound con licencia premium para este podcast Sonido y Voz Olga Paraíso BIO Olga Paraíso 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Mi primer libro Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera disponible en Tapa dura, ebook y bolsilibro en Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/0auGL790 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Café Brasil Podcast
Café Brasil Expresso 1020 - Quando a I.A. parece pensar

Café Brasil Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2026 18:25


A inteligência artificial escreve bem, responde rápido e parece entender tudo. Mas será que entende mesmo? Neste episódio, partimos de HAL 9000, de 2001:Uma Odisseia no Espaço, para explorar um fenômeno curioso do nosso tempo: máquinas que soam inteligentes… e pessoas cada vez mais dispostas a acreditar. Com Asimov, Bradbury e Arthur C. Clarke como guias, refletimos sobre um risco silencioso da era da IA: quando a aparência de inteligência começa a substituir o pensamento humano.

Segurança Legal
#412 – Uma Constituição para a IA

Segurança Legal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2026 77:39


Neste episódio, Guilherme Goulart e Vinícius Serafim debatem a “Constituição do Claude”, o documento de diretrizes publicado pela Anthropic para orientar o comportamento do modelo de linguagem Claude, abordando temas centrais como antropomorfização da IA, regulação tecnológica, responsabilidade das empresas e a questão filosófica sobre agência versus inteligência artificial. O episódio toca em termos estratégicos como inteligência artificial, segurança da informação, privacidade, ética em IA, responsabilidade corporativa, modelos de linguagem, guardrails, jailbreak, Constitutional AI, agente moral, agência artificial, “papagaio estocástico” e governança digital. Você vai descobrir por que a escolha da palavra “constituição” por uma empresa privada levanta alertas sobre legitimidade democrática, entender a diferença entre dar instruções em linguagem natural a um sistema computacional e genuinamente acreditar que ele possui consciência, e refletir sobre os riscos reais de se pavimentar, ideologicamente, um caminho que transforma a IA em “agente moral” para potencialmente reduzir a responsabilidade das grandes empresas de tecnologia. O debate também traz referências à obra de Luciano Floridi, ao conceito de papagaio estocástico, às Três Leis da Robótica de Asimov e ao clássico HAL 9000, conectando ficção científica, filosofia e direito num instigante. Assine o Segurança Legal na sua plataforma favorita, deixe sua avaliação e compartilhe com quem se interessa por direito da tecnologia e inteligência artificial. Siga o podcast no YouTube, Mastodon, Bluesky, Instagram e TikTok. Esta descrição foi realizada a partir do áudio do podcast com o uso de IA, com revisão humana.  Visite nossa campanha de financiamento coletivo e nos apoie!  Conheça o Blog da BrownPipe Consultoria e se inscreva no nosso mailing Acesse WhisperSafe – Transcreva áudio e grave reuniões direto no seu computador, mesmo offline. Rápido, leve e pronto para usar com qualquer IA. Use o cupom SEGLEG50 para 50% de desconto na sua assinatura. ShowNotes Paper fundacional sobre a questão de uma Constituição para a IA – Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback Claude’s constitution Claude’s Strange Constitution por Luiza Jarovsky Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War

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ROBOT AL-76, Isaac Asimov (1942)

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2026 43:38


Hay relatos que merecen volver a cruzar el umbral. Hoy regresa Yo, robot, AL76 de Isaac Asimov, en una versión cuidada con mimo, ajustada para que la experiencia sea más agradable y envolvente. Nada cambia en su esencia: siguen latiendo las leyes, las dudas, la frontera delicada entre máquina y conciencia. Las Tres Leyes han sido grabadas especialmente para este podcast con la voz del maestro Camilo García, Director y actor de doblaje. ❤️ 💙 El extraordinario divulgador científico y maestro de la narrativa que es Asimov nos ofrece esta magnífica historia de Susan Calvin, relato de una aproximación profunda al fenómeno de los robots, en el cual este autor es autoridad indiscutible. En sus relatos de robots, recogidos en Yo, Robot (1950) y El segundo libro de robots (1964), Asimov fijó las tres leyes de la robótica, que ponen al robot al servicio total del hombre y, aunque algunas veces parecen violarlas, se acaba descubriendo que esto sucede en aras de un interés superior de la Humanidad. Pero mientras los robots evolucionan hacia un modelo androide de inteligencia y lucidez moral superiores a las de los hombres, éstos, movidos por sus impulsos egoístas, incuban una profunda hostilidad hacia ellos. Una producción de Historias para ser leídas © voz y sonido Olga Paraíso Intro Las tres leyes, Voz Camilo García La base musical pertenece a Epidemic Sound con licencia Premium autorizada Art by Onder-Kilavuz Isaac Asimov contesta a tus preguntas de Ciencia (Audiolibro completo): https://go.ivoox.com/rf/68011824 - Voz Camilo García. BIO Olga Paraíso 🛑BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Fularsız Entellik
Epstein: Nereden Çıktı ve İlk Soruşturmaları Nasıl Atlattı

Fularsız Entellik

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 22:54


Geldik Epstein meselesine. Asimov üstadım kusura bakma seni şöyle köşeye alıcaz birazcık Geçtiğimiz günlerde, en az 20 senedir devam eden bir dizi soruşturmayla ilgili milyonlarca belge lap diye önümüze kondu, ve Epstein Dosyaları yeniden herkesin gündemine oturdu. Fakat bence işin yanlış kısımları gündeme oturdu. Bugünkü amacım dosyalara derinlemesine dalıp sapla samanı ayırmak değil; ben dosyaların içeriğinden ziyade toplanma sürecine odaklanacağım. Eğer siz de benim gibiyseniz, bu hengame içinde, her şeyin nasıl başladığını unutmuş olabilirsiniz. İşin sapkınlık tarafı, buzdağının görünen kısmı. Konular: 00:00 Yanlış gündem 04:20 Failing upwards 07:37 Victoria's Secret 09:58 İlk soruşturma 14:25 Grand Jüri 17:56 FBayyyyy 19:57 Gelecek bölüm Kaynaklar: NYT Haber: Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Epstein Got Rich - Bu bölüm reklam içermektedir

Garden Of Doom
Garden of Thought E.356 Drop Troopers

Garden Of Doom

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 72:23 Transcription Available


Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, heattended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History anda commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer.His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit---Will Travel andthe other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarkeand on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. Andsomewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his ownworlds.He has written over 60 books in a dozen different series, and his short stories have beenincluded in twelve different anthologies.He is currently writing the best-selling Drop Trooper series for Aethon Books, a mil-SF alieninvasion series, as well as the Taken to the Stars series for Variant Publishing.He lives in northern Wyoming with his wife and a goofy blackmouth cur. Besides writing andreading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping. Moreinformation can be found about Rick at: Rick Partlow | Aethon Books

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The Future of Work With Jacob Morgan
The Robot Is Already Your Boss. Here Are the Rules It Should Follow

The Future of Work With Jacob Morgan

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 61:04


Feb 20, 2026: AI is already deciding who gets hired, promoted, and fired — and there are almost no rules governing how it does any of that. In this episode, I'm building those rules. I call them the Five Laws of AI in the Workplace, constructed in the spirit of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics — rigorous enough to pressure-test, honest enough to admit where they fall short. We cover the Law of Transparency — why 30 million job applicants in 2024 were evaluated by algorithms they never knew existed. The Law of Human Primacy — why a human rubber-stamping an AI decision isn't the same as a human making one. The Law of Honest Attribution — why AI washing is one of the most underreported forms of corporate dishonesty happening right now. The Law of True Cost Accounting — why the real costs of workforce cuts don't disappear, they just move to taxpayers and communities. And the Law of Reversibility — the full Klarna story, and why 31% of companies that made AI-driven layoffs ended up worse off than if they'd never done it.

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Una advertencia a Miss Universo. El Club de los Viudos Negros, Isaac Asimov

Historias para ser leídas

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 39:47


En "Una advertencia a Miss Universo" investigan quién ha enviado una nota amenazante a las candidatas. El Club de los Viudos Negros', de Asimov. CENA DE FEBRERO 🍷🍰 📍 Ristorante Casa Milano – Milano, Italia 🧭 Coordenadas: 45°28'19.8"N 9°12'06.4"E Isaac Asimov los creó como un homenaje al placer de conversar, al arte de observar y a la deliciosa costumbre de no quedarse con la primera respuesta. Acomódate. El vino está servido. La cena va a comenzar. Y tú… Tú también estás invitado. Un círculo discreto de seis caballeros que se reúnen una vez al mes, siempre en el mismo restaurante, siempre en la misma mesa, y siempre con una única regla: cada cena debe tener un invitado, y ese invitado debe estar dispuesto a hablar y a ser interrogado. 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕸 Los Viudos Negros son un club de seis hombres que se reúnen una vez al mes en un reservado del restaurante Milano de Nueva York. Cada noche uno de ellos preside el encuentro y tiene el derecho de llevar un invitado, al que interrogan. Al principio sólo se reunían para comer y conversar pero últimamente uno de ellos plantea algún tipo de problema o delito. Los miembros del club buscan respuestas complejas a los enigmas planteados y luego Henry, el camarero, descubre la simple verdad. El club está formado por:🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 Geoffrey Avalon, Jeff. Alto y delgado, espesas cejas negras, bigote recortado y barbita gris. Fue oficial durante la II Guerra Mundial y trabaja como abogado en derecho patentario. Mario Gonzalo, pintor y gran artista. Thomas Trumbull. Rostro moreno y arrugado, permanentemente descontento. Experto en códigos, alto consejero del gobierno. Emmanuel Rubin, Manny. Bajito, mide 1,55, barba rala, lentes gruesos. Fue predicador adventista con 15 años y conoce bien la Biblia. Está casado y es escritor de novelas policíacas. James Drake. Bigote. Vive en New Jersey. Especialista en química orgánica con amplios conocimientos en literatura. Roger Halsted, calvo. Profesor de matemáticas en una escuela secundaria. Escribe la Ilíada en quintillas y todos los meses les recita una estrofa. Es miembro de los Irregulares de Baker Street. Henry Jackson, el camarero. Unos 60 años, sin arrugas. Es humilde y honrado. Entre ellos se llaman doctores y si uno es doctor de carrera le denominan doctor doctor. Para ayudarse en sus investigaciones cuentan con diccionarios, biblias y las obras de Shakespeare en su biblioteca. Y recuerda que puedes seguirnos en Telegram, YouTube, Instagram y X, y si este podcast te acompaña, te inspira o te gusta lo que hago, puedes hacerte fan y apoyar la nave. Tu energía mantiene viva esta aventura sonora.🚀 Aquí te dejo la página directa para apoyarme: 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y sonido Olga Paraíso, Música epidemic sound con licencia premium autorizada para este podcast. ⏩BIO Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas PLAYLIST EL CLUB DE LOS VIUDOS NEGROS EN Ivoox https://go.ivoox.com/bk/11290149 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar
Ep 103: Jayant Sinha on AI Governance In A Fragmented World

Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 70:44


AI is reshaping national power and governance. Drawing on India's digital public infrastructure, Jayant Sinha and Vasant Dhar discuss innovation and sovereignty over compute, data consent and privacy by design in Episode 103 of Brave New World. Useful Resources: 1. Jayant Sinha2. Eversource Capital3. India's Green Startups: Jayant Sinha and Sandeep Bhammer4. Nandan Nilekani5. Brave New World Episode 15: Nandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian Internet6. Brave New World Episode 50: Pramod Varma on India's Digital Empowerment 7. iSpirit8. Unique Identification Authority Of India9. Unified Payments Interface10. M-Pesa11. DigiYatra. 12. Australia has banned social media for kids under 16. 13. Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture, DEPA14. Paul Gruenwald, Global Chief Economist, S&P Global15. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson. 16. Neeraj Chopra17. Thinking with Machines, The Brave New World of AI: Vasant Dhar18. Battery Smart19. Nutrifresh20. Zero Cow21. RevFin22. Upside Foods23. Brave New World Episode 93: Uma Valeti on Cultivating Meat24. Brave New World Episode 101: Deepak Chopra On Consciousness and Reality25. Geoffrey Hinton26. Asimov's Laws27. Jonathan Haidt28. The Anxious Generation: Jonathan Haidt Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. The subscription is free! Order Vasant Dhar's new book, Thinking With Machines

StarShipSofa
StarShipSofa 775 Lori Selke

StarShipSofa

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 36:59


By day, Lori Selke is an ESL instructor (and stealth adjunct composition instructor) who lives in Oakland, California. But beneath that wholesome and mild-mannered facade lurks a zine veteran, an education and social justice academic, a queer writer and activist, and a general thorn in the side of normativity. Their fiction has been previously published inNightmare Magazine, Strange Horizons, and Asimov's; their nonfiction has appeared at NPR.org, Offbeat Home, The Billfold, and the SF Weekly, as well as the open-access academic journals Refuge and the International Journal of Human Rights Education. This story originally appeared in Outlaw Bodies (2012).Narration by: Will StaglWill Stagl lives in Tucson, Arizona and is a proud member of the StarShipSofa team. He's like to kick off the new year by inviting any listeners interested in narration to contact him at williamstagl@gmail.com to join our stellar team of volunteer voice actors.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories

A lone explorer confronts a force that fractures identity, memory, and destiny itself. In a place where time refuses to behave, survival depends on facing what you were, what you are, and what you may yet become. Time Trap by Frank Belknap Long. That's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.Discovered another 5 star rating and review today on Audible from Laura Van Wormer. “Scott Miller's narration of old science fiction short stories is just wonderful. Of course, so is the material! Everyone from Ray Bradbury to HG Wells to Lovecraft to Asimov to Jack London and on and on... But there are also the one-timer sci-fi short-story writers that are relatively unknown and Miller provides a little background on them all. Extremely well done. Bravo, Scott Miller!”Thank you for that awesome review Laura. We don't care where you listen, we're just glad you're here and if you want to give give us a 5 star review, if you think we deserve it, we would appreciate it.This is a different kind of time travel story. Frank Belknap Long, a master of weird fiction, explores what happens when time itself turns predatory. Let's do a little time traveling of our own, to the Winter 1948 issue of Planet Stories magazine and discover this eerie tale on page 109, Time Trap by Frank Belknap Long…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Across unimaginable scales of time and space, a young explorer risks everything to prove that intelligence can bloom in the most unlikely conditions. When his search for reason turns into an accusation of harm, the fate of two civilizations hangs on what it truly means to be rational.Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffeeNewsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/Rise - http://Lostscifi.com/riseX - http://Lostscifi.com/xInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/lostscifiguyFacebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebookYouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtube❤️ ❤️ Thanks to Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$100 Tony from the Future$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 MizzBassie, Anonymous Listener$25 Someone, Eaten by a Grue, Jeff Lussenden, Fred Sieber, Anne, Craig Hamilton, Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Every Month Someone$15 SueTheLibrarian, Joannie West, Amy Özkan, Someone, Carolyn Guthleben, Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Every Month Eaten by a Grue$5 TLD, David, Denis Kalinin, Timothy Buckley, Andre'a, Martin Brown, Ron McFarlan, Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listenerhttps://lostscifi.com/podcast/time-trap-by-frank-belknap-long/Please participate in our podcast survey https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/gNLcxQlk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Crypto Conversation
New Book - The Intelligent Crypto Investor

The Crypto Conversation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2026 24:37


John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower and author of The Intelligent Crypto Investor, joins the show to unpack a radically calm, Buffett-inspired approach to crypto investing. From wiring money to Belarus to buy Bitcoin in 2013 to nearly losing his business in the 2018 crypto winter, John shares how hard-earned wisdom led him to a disciplined, diversified strategy that blends traditional assets with a carefully sized slice of high-quality crypto — and why this model has quietly outperformed traditional portfolios over the past several years. Why you should listen John traces his origin story from early Bitcoin believer to battle-tested investor, recounting the moment he and his wife went "all in" on crypto during the 2017 bull run — and the brutal reality check that followed when the market collapsed. That near-death experience for his marketing business reshaped his philosophy around risk, leading him to embrace diversification over maximalism. The result: a framework that treats crypto not as a lottery ticket or ideological crusade, but as a serious asset class that earns its place alongside stocks and bonds. At the core of John's book is a simple but contrarian portfolio model: a traditional 60/30-style mix of stocks and bonds, plus up to 10% allocated to high-quality crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. He argues this small slice has historically captured outsized upside while strictly limiting downside risk — even in worst-case scenarios. John also takes aim at financial advisors for being "a decade behind," suggesting everyday investors can now build and manage this strategy themselves with the right tools and long-term mindset. Beyond numbers, John brings storytelling and big ideas into the mix, drawing inspiration from legendary investors like Warren Buffett, Ben Graham, and Bill Miller to apply value-investing principles to blockchain projects. He shares his bold conviction that crypto and AI represent unevenly distributed futures — and that a global digital currency is not a question of "if," but "when." The conversation closes on sci-fi, Asimov, and the long arc of technological change, framing crypto not just as an investment, but as a bet on the architecture of tomorrow's financial system. Supporting links Stabull Finance New Book - The Intelligent Crypto Investor Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.  

Sentientism
"The Mountain In The Sea" author Ray Nayler - Hugo & Locus award-winner - Sentientism 242

Sentientism

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 77:18


Ray Nayler is a Hugo and Locus Award winning author. Born in Quebec and raised in California, he lived and worked abroad for two decades in Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, and Kosovo as a Foreign Service officer, a Peace Corps volunteer, and an international development worker.Ray's first novel, The Mountain in the Sea won the Locus Award. It was a finalist for the Nebula Arthur C. Clarke, the LA Times Ray Bradbury Awards, and was named a London Times science fiction book of the year. Mountain was listed as one of the best science fiction books of all time by Esquire. Ray's novella The Tusks of Extinction won the 2025 Hugo Award, and was a finalist for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Ray's third book, Where the Axe is Buried, was published in April 2025. Ray's short stories have won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, France's highest literary prize for science fiction, the Clarkesworld Readers' poll, the Asimov's Readers' Award, the Bifrost readers' award, and have been nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the most important questions: “what's real?”, “who matters?” and "how can we make a better world?"Sentientism answers those questions with "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.00:00 Clips“If the world is actual and real and their suffering and their thoughts and their perceptions of the world are just as real and important as mine, then I'm tied to them in this way that is real.”“That's the core for me. That's the root of ethics. Ethics is acting in the world as if other beings are just as important as you because that's a fact.”“Consciousness arose in a very natural and comprehensible way as a consequence of the existence of life in real space.”“I always want to end my books on an empowering note. You can have a very dystopic vision of the near future. It should still have something in it that moves people toward positive action because I do think writing has a function in the world and a purpose.”01:00 WelcomeNico Delon episode“I think my reading list extends just out past the heat death of the universe.”Sentientism's “what's real?” and “who matters?” questions. 07:50 Ray's Intro11:00 What's Real?20:22 What Matters?34:43 Who Matters?01:06:55 A Better Future?01:13:20 Follow Ray“I just would encourage everyone to read widely and act on what they learn… Act in the world, read and learn, experience some more, try things out… And give a shit.”- https://www.raynayler.net/And more... full show notes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sentientism.info⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠"I'm a Sentientist" wall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ via⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ this simple form⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠groups⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. The biggest so far is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here on FaceBook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Come join us there!

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
1293 Machines That Dreamed Us First: How Science Fiction Built the Future We Now Live

Richard Syrett's Strange Planet

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 60:09


FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet EP. #1293 Machines That Dreamed Us First: How Science Fiction Built the Future We Now Live Tonight, in Part Two of our four-part series, we plunge into the mechanical heart of science fiction—and the chilling realization that our world of drones, algorithms, and AI was imagined long before it was built. From Čapek's enslaved robots to Asimov's hopeful laws, from Wells's remote-controlled war machines to Orwell's watchful screens, the blueprints were drawn in stories. Professor Mark Brake reveals how these fictions didn't just predict the future—they scripted it. Are we masters of our creations, or have the machines we dreamed up already begun reshaping humanity itself? The déjà vu is real. The reckoning is now. GUEST: Professor Mark Brake is a leading science communicator and author exploring the hidden feedback loop between imagination and innovation. He is the author of FutureWorld: Where Science Fiction Becomes Science and numerous bestselling books examining the real science behind Star Wars, superheroes, time travel, and the multiverse. Known for translating complex ideas into gripping narratives, Brake argues that science fiction doesn't merely entertain — it quietly shapes the laboratories, technologies, and futures we eventually inhabit. LINKS: https://www.instagram.com/profmbrake BOOKS: FutureWorld: Where Science Fiction Becomes Science The Science of Star Wars The Science of Harry Potter The Science of Star Trek The Science of Doctor Who The Science of Jurassic World The Science of James Bond The Science of Sherlock The Science of The Beatles The Science of Super Heroes SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! GHOSTBED GhostBed is a family-run company, founded and still led by real manufacturing experts with more than 20 years of mattress-making experience. They're not marketers chasing trends. They're craftsmen focused on building quality you can feel, night after night. Every GhostBed mattress is designed with premium materials, proven cooling technology, and their exclusive ProCore™ layer—a targeted support system that reinforces the center of the mattress where your body's heaviest. It helps keep your spine aligned and your back supported while you sleep. Right now, during GhostBed's Holiday Sale, you can get 25% off sitewide for a limited time. Just go to GhostBed.com/strangeplanet and use promo code STRANGEPLANET at checkout. That's GhostBed.com/strangeplanet, promo code STRANGEPLANET. Upgrade your sleep with GhostBed—the makers of The Coolest Beds in the World™. Some exclusions apply, see site for details. FOUND – Smarter banking for your business Take back control of your business today. Open a Found account for FREE at Found dot com. That's F-O-U-N-D dot com. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Lead Bank, Member FDIC. Join the hundreds of thousands who've already streamlined their finances with Found. HIMS - Making Healthy and Happy Easy to Achieve Sexual Health, Hair Loss, Mental Health, Weight Management START YOUR FREE ONLINE VISIT TODAY - ⁠HIMS dot com slash STRANGE⁠ ⁠https://www.HIMS.com/strange⁠ MINT MOBILE Premium Wireless - $15 per month. No Stores. No Salespeople. JUST SAVINGS Ready to say yes to saying no? Make the switch at MINT MOBILE dot com slash STRANGEPLANET. That's MINT MOBILE dot com slash STRANGEPLANET BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!!⁠ ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Use the discount code "Planet" to receive $5 OFF off any subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

TheThinkingAtheist
Isaac Asimov: The Last Question

TheThinkingAtheist

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 43:04 Transcription Available


Enjoy a 35-minute reading of one of sci-fi author and scientist Isaac Asimov's greatest stories.PDF of "The Last Question"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.