“Bring yourself back online…”
It is finally here! In this long-promised Westworld-inspired episode of Pod Culture [Oz], we are once again joined by our friend Fred (previously seen in Episode 2: Omega Point, sensates and space cannibals) as we discuss how artificial intelligence tropes are used in fiction.
We discuss the difference between machine learning and artificial intelligence, the gendered nature of AI work in fiction, and the implications of when AIs outgrow their programming and the ways in which they grow rampant.
You can listen to this episode on our website, or you can subscribe on on Anchor.FM, Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 0:55 – Rampancy of the Artificial Mind
- 11:48 – How AI is used in fiction
- 40:07 – When AI goes rampant
- 1:00:33 – Wrap up and outro
“When AIs start acting beyond their designated boundaries, they either start firing missiles or they start asserting personhood.”
~ Philippa
Books we discuss
- Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
- Agamben, Georgio. Opus Dei: An Archeology of Duty
- Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologica
- Arendt, Hannah. The Human Condition
- Asimov, Isaac. ‘Runabout’
- Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game
- Capek, Karel. R.U.R
- Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Flanagan, Frances. Climate change and the new work order
- Flanagan, Frances. A consensus for care
- Herbert, Frank. Dune
- Hochschild, Ali. The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling
- Gerald, David. When HARLIE was One
- Gibson, William. Neuromancer
- Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein
- Simmons, Dan. Hyperion
- Wells, Martha. All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries 1
Movies & TV shows we discuss
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Alien
- Aliens
- Alien 3
- Alien Resurrection
- The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron
- Battlestar Galactica (new series)
- Better Than Us
- Bladerunner
- Chernobyl (mini series)
- Ex Machina
- Ghost in the Shell (anime)
- Her
- Humans
- The Last Starfighter
- The Matrix
- Metropolis
- Prometheus
- RoboCop
- The Terminator
- WarGames
- Westworld (movie)
- Westworld (tv show)
Games we discuss
- Cyberpunk RPG
- Cyperpunk 2077
- Fallout 3
- Fallout 4
- Fallout 76
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- Marathon
- Mass Effect
- Mass Effect 2
- Mass Effect 3
- Planescape RPG
- Planescape: Torment
- Portal
Other resources
- Episode 2: Omega Point, sensates and space cannibals
- Episode 7: The Politics of Superheroes Pt 1
- Episode 8: The Politics of Superheroes Pt 2
- The Golem of Prague
- Irving, Nick. The MCU is terrible and you deserve better (in Medium)
- Kizuna AI