Episode 95 – Robots could be people too
This week on the podcast…
00:00:00 – Daniel H. Wilson joins the Paleopals to talk about the science of robots and the sort of novels. Namely his new one, the highly enjoyable Robopocalypse!
- Be sure to check out the rest of Wilson’s literary catalog (including some very practical survival books) at his Amazon page.
- Keep an eye on the Paleocave Blog for Ryan’s review!
00:52:51 – How can you prove you’re not a robot? Ingest some alcohol and hope Futurama has been wrong all these years. Ben eschews that test (very suspicious) in favor of some foreign Philippine nectar that we’re waiting on authenticity confirmation from Pang. Ryan, after talking horrors of the future, sips on a Monster Ale from the past (2007) in the form of a Barleywine from the Brooklyn Brewery. And Jacob heads north with a Latitude 48 IPA from Samuel Adams, which is an IPA for everyone to enjoy!
00:58:34 – While you may have been underwhelmed in the theaters the second trailer for Real Steel with Hugh Jackman et al. looks far more promising, at least that’s what the Paleopals say in this week’s Trailer Trash Talk!
01:08:14- PaloePOWs are a lot like robots, they have no regards for our feelings. This week Ben brings us a kanji iTunes review from Japan, Ryan has an e-mail from Seth E. about the joys of the Cincinnati-based culinary treat: Skyline Chili, and Jacob has a voicemail from Cameron of Minnesota asking our thoughts on the technological Singularity.
Thanks for listening! Our blog promises to spare you in the event of the Singularity, so thank it by visiting the Paleocave!
Music for this week’s show:
Robots – Flight of the Conchords
(I know I used this song before in Episode 67 but that was the live version so this still counts.)
We Could Be The Same – MaNga
Brooklyn Blurs – The Paper Raincoat
Mr. Roboto – Styx
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There are 5 Comments to "Episode 95 – Robots could be people too"
Data drank also!
Ben me tined a video about a minigun connected to a computer going crazy. I was unable to find the vid. Can you please post a link? Thank you
That should have been “Ben Mentioned”… Stupid autocorrect
This came at just the right moment, because I was finishing up my Summer Semester (I took Hebrew, fabulous language!) and have 6 weeks before fall semester starts and I needed something new to read.
) and she was just so curious and sweet. I want short stories about Cormac, Mathilda and Nine Oh fighting crime or going to the zoo or something!
Of course I finished it Saturday night, which didn’t do a whole lot to fill my 6 weeks of lazing about enjoying literature!
Nonetheless it was a fabulous book! Dan managed to do in 350 pages what Steven King did in 1000+, which was introduce an amazingly rich cast of characters, destroy the status quo completely, and create something stronger and stranger and in its place! The “Scenes” style is fabulous, because the action is constant, but not overwhelming, and it shows the strength of his writing that I never have to wonder at who and what these characters are. My favorite character was Nine Oh Two. I read her parts aloud (yes, I decided she was a she. Bite me Male Default!
Anyways, now I have to go read his other stuff, and finish the Mary Roach books I’ve got before.
Thank you guys for adding to my pleasure reading list.
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