minutiae ex machina

autistic shutdown, creative block, covid-19, and thoughts about what won't be talked about.

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alex garland as director vs writer; nice guy vs manic pixie dream girl; blue book's internet bros; tropes as programming.

guest: derick mcduff (underrated)

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benjamin franklin effect, different camera angles for caleb and ava, and caleb's inability to converse.

guest: tyler boudreau (amateur nerds)

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ava's drawing, confronted tropes, levels of programming, defining genre and expectations... and some beef over #bladerunner

guest: austin prior (malkovich malkovich minute minute)

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how do you test a chess computer, and how do we define human, normal?

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caleb is unsettled, kyoko is precise, nathan is pretending, philosophy is problematic, and it's all political.

guest: evan (left of the projector)

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trying not to upset the boss, focus pulling on a silhouette, and introducing sonoya mizuno as kyoko.

guest: eric deutsch (flash gordon minute)

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how many levels deep is nathan's manipulation, blade runner and why it matters that caleb is human, ghostbusters and holding your reference over someone's head, star trek's bynars and motivation.

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biblical names, anti-eden themes, nathan's sense of history, his art installations, his conscience, pollock's no. 5 1948, and what it is to be human.

guest: father david mowry

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choosing sides--caleb or ava; garland cuts; about time, annihilation, men, last night in soho, tusk, antichrist, born on the fourth of july, xtro; masks and masking.

guests: luke allen & chloe griffit…

rewatchability, fragmentary story structure, voyeurism, 2001, nathan's decor, ava's room, and who is the real nathan?

guest: parker johnston (dick tracy minute)

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transformation; sleep, light, and noise; angel number 226; caleb's shirt, panopticon and privacy; and access to natural spaces.

guest: sarah black (life as a playlist)

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book spine database, giorgio morandi, enola gay, bhagavad gita, lucifer, and symmetrical scars.

guest: brian boucher (top gun minute)

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wittgenstein, caliban, searle, turing, the chinese room, philosophy and the meaning of character names.

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citing me; disappearing into a role; nudity and the male gaze; AI, the soul, and the meaning of life; and auteurship.

guest: luke allen (two minutes about time)

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is caleb an earlier model, was caleb picked to be gullible, will true AI ever exist, are we born with language, and what is nathan's purpose?

guest: sean german (next scene podcast)

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programming, caprica, what ava knows about what's going on, and transparency in ava's design

guest: molly bailen (escape from new york minute)

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star wars actors, pornography, the physical design of ava, slavery and the purpose of androids

guest: curtis bloes (time bandits minute)

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caleb's nationality, organic patterns, post-it notes, minimalism as a sign of wealth, surveillance, titian's 'allegory of prudence', nathan as the devil, joe rogan, and the cracked glass.

guest: chris…

what if caleb didn't sign, alan turing, nathan's sexuality, oscar isaac's head, nathan's self-imposed torture, how little time caleb spends with ava, and what tv ava would watch.

guest: niall mcgowan …