Latest / Sky King's Mental Playground
Leveraging Science Fiction to Make Decisions on AI, Cloning, and the Future of Humanity with Nathan Baugh
Listen to the full podcast here: https://bit.ly/SKMPBAUGH
In this deep dive, I sit down with Nathan Baugh to explore how science fiction isn't just entertainment, it's a philosophical warning system for humanity. We tackle the unsettling reality that predicting human reaction to new tech, like the isolation and loss of agency seen in The Machine Stops, is often the most critical task for any writer. We debate the chilling necessity of a "Fourth Law" for AI, a rule that protects the individual from the tyranny of the collective "greater good". We also break down the mastery of world-building…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.