Among most people’s lists of great science fiction novels, you’ll find such books as 2001 a Space Odyssey, by Arthur…
Award winning Chinese science fiction author Cixin Liu has said, “Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind.…
In my quest to find out how other science fiction writers have handled the subject of first contact with an…
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values By Brian Christian I must admit that I was taken by surprise…
In her book, Artificial You, philosopher and author, Susan Schneider says that if Aliens visit Earth, they will most likely…
Is Consciousness an Epiphenomenon?Image from Christof Koch (2004) “Figure 1.1: Neuronal correlates of consciousness” in The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological…
If the question or some of the words in the title are unfamiliar to you, it means: could consciousness be…
Watch my July 5th interview on Parrot Literary Corner. Some of the books I talked about are shown below.
The recent release of a government report on UFOs leaves more questions unanswered than answered. There is little to link…
In my novel, Ezekiel’s Brain, plus in many other sci-fi AI stories (Pandora’s Brain, Robopocalypse, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Isaac…