Creative Writing Machines, with Mike Sharples

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss 1988’s “Ghosthouse,” directed by schlock-master Umberto Lenzi and starring Lara Wendel. Think of it as “Poltergeist” in Boston, as told by the director of “Cannibal Ferox.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio ...  Show more

Here it comes! It’s pulling off those shades. Oh here it comes! A creature with no face! Join Robert and Joe as they discuss various creatures from folk tradition, urban legend and popular media that frighten us with their smooth-skin visages.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva ...  Show more

Today's episode is all about tech. First, Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about his new book, Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, and the ways autocratic governments can rely on AI for repressive su ...  Show more

One of AI’s greatest champions has turned to fiction to answer the question: how will technology shape our world in the next 20 years? Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and a former president of Google China, spoke with NVIDIA AI Podcast host Noah Kravitz about AI 2041: Ten ...  Show more

In Our Computers, Ourselves, a look at the ways technology affects us, and the main question is : Are computers changing human character? You'll hear from cyborgs, bullies, neuroscientists and police chiefs about whether our closeness with computers is changing us as a species.Se ...  Show more