Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel
Enter a simulated universe where software beings engage in classic human struggles for belonging, status, and attention, and old certainties like death and gravity are just settings to be negotiated. You can be the god of your own private world, but if find yourself feeling lonely, you might be tempted to give away some of your precious control. This podcast will take you behind the scenes with comic book authors and veteran podcasters Jon Perry (@perryjon) and Ted Kupper (@tedkupper) as they write and develop a science fiction graphic novel called Constellation, set in a metaverse unlike any you’ve seen before: neither a utopia nor a dystopia, neither real nor virtual, it is a simulation where everyone knows they are being simulated and no one much cares, where there’s no hope of leaving and no reason to, just an endless supply of human-designed worlds to create and explore.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 161
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2023
X008: Future Express | How to Train Your Personal AI and Mailbag
In this episode, we talk about how to train your AI recommendation engine to give you better results, and discuss the growth in music recommendation quality in particular. How much of the future is a…
01:02:21 |
Thu 13 Oct 2016
X007: Future Express | AI in the Legal System and More on Technological Unemployment
In this Future Express, Jon and Ted discuss bringing AI to legal finance and whether that might push us toward rationalizing our laws. We mention the parking ticket fighting app DoNotPay, and imagine…
01:12:52 |
Tue 13 Sep 2016
X006: Future Express | Listener Questions and Calum Chace Followup
In this Express episode Jon and Ted answer a listener question about the future of citizenship, and wonder how it will be challenged and whether it's even necessary at all. We respond to another ques…
00:57:12 |
Fri 26 Aug 2016
073: Can Capitalism Survive an “Economic Singularity?”
Author Calum Chace returns to discuss his new book, "The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence and the Death of Capitalism" We discuss the likelihood of long-term technological unemployment a…
01:23:37 |
Wed 10 Aug 2016
X005: Future Express | Robot Used in Dallas and Pokemon Go!
In this extra bonus Express episode we weigh in on two topics of the moment: robots being used by police to kill civilian suspects and Pokemon Go. We cover the case for ethical use of unmanned vehicl…
00:31:50 |
Fri 22 Jul 2016
X004: Future Express | More on Kevin Kelly’s THE INEVITABLE
On Future Express this time Jon and Ted follow up on their discussion of Kevin Kelly's new book THE INEVITABLE, exploring the rhetoric and wondering whether a more straightforward economic analysis m…
00:39:12 |
Wed 20 Jul 2016
072: Kevin Kelly on “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future”
In our first "regular" episode in a while, we are joined by Wired cofounder Kevin Kelly to discuss his new book "The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future."…
00:44:57 |
Tue 12 Jul 2016
X003: Future Express | ConsScale and the Threat of Cheap Weapons
In this week's Future Express, we discuss the ConsScale twelve-level consciousness scale and the increasing threat of violence from ever-cheaper weaponry. ConsScale describes a continuum from molecul…
00:46:03 |
Thu 30 Jun 2016
X002: Future Express | Autonomous Weapons and Brain to Brain Interfaces
In this second ever Future Express episode, Jon and Ted each bring a different topic to the table. Jon raises the issue of banning autonomous weapons, the subject of an open letter released last year…
00:49:02 |
Tue 21 Jun 2016
X001: Future Express | More on Robin Hanson’s AGE OF EM
The first of a new type of episode, this Future Express features a looser, less polished take on some of the issues raised by Robin Hanson's recent book The Age of Em. As an addendum to our interview…
01:08:33 |
Wed 15 Jun 2016
071: Robin Hanson on “What Does a Future of Emulated Minds Look Like?”
We're back! After a prolonged hiatus, Ted and Jon return joined by guest Robin Hanson, the economics professor and blogger at Overcoming Bias, who discusses the central concept of his new book, The A…
01:14:34 |
Fri 03 Jun 2016
070: Review of BLACK MIRROR: WHITE CHRISTMAS
In today's podcast, we review an episode of the British television series Black Mirror. Black Mirror is an anthology show that presents a dark spin on our relationship with technology. The series, de…
01:14:27 |
Wed 03 Feb 2016
069: What are the Possibilities of Augmented Reality?
In today's podcast we offer a broad survey of augmented reality. How will the social and economic aspects of our lives be different in a world where computers are constantly altering our vision? What…
01:13:27 |
Wed 13 Jan 2016
068: Does Life Have Meaning in a World Without Work?
In today’s podcast we get philosophical about work and the meaning of life. Repeat guest John Danaher steers us away from the traditional arguments surrounding technological unemployment and towards …
01:13:35 |
Tue 15 Dec 2015
067: Should You Sign Up for Cryonics?
In today's podcast, we discuss cryonics, a topic we only recently became interested in. After a general overview of what cryonics is and where it comes from, we try to determine whether or not cryoni…
01:08:30 |
Thu 22 Oct 2015
066: George Dvorsky on “What is the Future of Human Advancement?”
In today's podcast, Jon talks with futurist and bioethicist George Dvorsky about the future of human enhancement. Topics covered include radical life extension, editing the human germline, multiplex …
01:03:25 |
Wed 07 Oct 2015
065: What is the Future of Virtual Assistants?
In today's podcast, we discuss the future of virtual assistant software. A long list of major companies and startups are racing to develop voice activated software that can help organize your life. T…
01:00:06 |
Mon 21 Sep 2015
064: Calum Chace on “Is it Time to Start Worrying About AI?”
In today's episode, Jon speaks with Calum Chace, author of the new nonfiction book Surviving AI. The potential risk posed by superintelligent AI has recently gained unprecedented coverage in the main…
01:04:12 |
Wed 09 Sep 2015
063: Bonus Episode: Kickstarter Launch, Social VR, and ADVANTAGEOUS Review
Our Kickstarter is LIVE! In this bonus mini-episode, we discuss our sci fi graphic novel project LET GO, and how you can help. We also respond to some listener feedback and Jon gives a recommendation…
00:35:03 |
Mon 31 Aug 2015
062: What is the Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces?
In today's episode we talk about brain-computer interfaces. We discuss the range of available invasive and non-invasive sensor options, the difficulties of processing brain signals, and the wide vari…
00:47:55 |
Wed 26 Aug 2015
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