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Podcast: Past Present Future
Episode: Thinking About Thinking Machines: Monk & Robot
Description: For episode four of our series on the history of thinking about thinking machines, David and Shannon discuss a very different sci-fi sensibility: Becky Chambers’ Monk & Robot series (A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021) and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (2022)). What would it mean for robots to ‘wake up’? How might robots teach humans about the nature of care and about the care of nature? And where do robots fit into a neurodiverse world? Plus: robots vs octopi. There is another bonus episode to accompany this series available from Saturday on PPF+: David and Shannon talk about where AI is really...