An episode lost in time recorded in 2024 finally released with the movie adaptation coming out. It's the thrilling sci-fi fungal drama that we enjoyed much more that we should have.

00:00 Intro
02:51 David Koepp
28:03 Spoilers and plot
#david #koepp #cold #storage #fungus #scifi #horror #suspense

A Czech sci-fi classic from 1920 that is the origin of the word "robot". This episode has been a long time coming and I am very happy that it worked out to have Rudolf Rosa a researcher in computational linguistics as a guest. Rudolf is is also behind project "Robot writes a play" that was a special occasion to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the book R.U.R by using machine learning and large language models to write a theater play. This time about people by a robots. Join us on this episode to discuss the story of Rossum's Universal Robots, what really is the difference between people and robots and what does it mean to have a soul.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
16:25 Karel Capek
24:48 Spoilers and plot
01:02:40 Inevitable AI / language model discussion
#karel #capek #robot #rur #artificial #inteligence #ai #large #language #model #rudolf #rosa #gpt

One of the most popular writers in Asia, one of the most beloved detective mysteries in Japan. Can it live up to it's praise? Paul and I finally read Paul's wife's favorite book to find out.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
06:53 This is so Japanese
08:16 Mystery is an obsession in Japan
11:04 Why don't we read more detective stories?
19:28 Spoilers and Plot
#devotion #suspect #x #keigo #higashino #crime #mystery #detective #galileo #japan