Our latest show went live a few days ago on public access. The theme for the episode had to do with Frankenstein and mans desire to create life from un-life. We presented some ways in which Hollywood has depicted Mary Shelly's classic story and then discussed the implications of the book itself. Some web links for more info on Frankenstein and the stories current impact on technology were provided.
The first link we wanted to share is a great intro to the history of sci fi over at wikipedia. This is important because it touches on Frankenstein as some would consider being the first science fiction and the birth of the genre. Also because this historical perspective depicts how powerful stories like Frankenstein are in exploring the greatest philosophical and moral questions of the day as things continually change around us.
Over at AI Depot there is a fantastic review of Frankenstein that touches on how this classic story is still relevant today. There are strong parallels between creation from un-life, as in the Frankenstein monster, his living experiences, and the development of artificial intelligence.
Along the lines of artificial intelligence, perhaps the site for the scientific exploration of the topic is kurzweilai.net which not only defines AI as artificial Intelligence, but also as Accelerated Intelligence. From the site: "KurzweilAI.Net focuses on the exponential growth of intelligence,
both biological and machine, and their merger, as humans transcend biology."
Some of our shows are more serious than others, and clearly this one was heavy on the talk and slim on the pretty pictures LOL! Still, we managed to do another 'Meet the Crew'. The Other Catherine was up, and appropriately there was some confusion as to whether or not she was really human....or just a clone! We should have that clip up for ya shortly.
