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TWS346: So I Thought I Thought So

On the show this week: Hard AI; Soft AI; Little Space; These Are The Rules (?); Extras; CQ: Clarke’s Third law states: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” but do you think we’ll ever get technology that could actually be mistaken for magic as we see it portrayed today? Full list of 22 articles after the jump!

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TWS340: Stuffed Under The Flying Tree

On the show this week: First World Problems; Starring The Wars; Inverted Expectation; Extras; CQ: If some lessons can truly only be learned by encountering them in fiction, what stories should we tell to the AI to give them a better chance of turning out good?

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TWS325: A Little Like Nothing Else

On the show this week: They Like To Move It (Move It); Nothing To Be Here, Move Along; Inventions For A New Future; Extras; CQ: What’s written in your missing manual of life? Name one thing which you learned as an adult that you realize you should have known as a child. Then name a second one. And a third.

Full list of 16 articles after the jump!

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TWS305: Shoveling the Cold, Hard Calculations

On the show this week: Front Page Things of Internet Winter is Coming CQ: Science fiction often projects this, but: should humanity have one, unified, consistent world government, and what could that look like? Promo: The Flash Pulp Podcast (http://flashpulp.com) – An incredible series of pulp-style stories told over a multiverse of styles and often […]

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TWS294: Not Nearly Half As Much

On the show this week: Front Page Thrill or Be Killed Things Done For Love or Money Season’s Creepings Science Diction Extras CQ: Does so-called “empty entertainment” have value? Full list of 43 articles after the jump! Front Page: Sounds like a raw deal to me..: Zeenews India – Ebola hit US journalist deemed Buddhist […]

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