Professor Sam Gill has studied dance, religion and science fiction for decades. He’s written books on the subject and here we discuss his latest book on religion and artificial intelligence. 1:50 – Sam Gill talks about how he got into writing about science fiction. 2:57 – Sam talks about the book. He wanted to study the obsession with artifical intelligence. He looked at ancient philosophy all the way to modern thought and pop culture. 5:56 – Sam talks about his own interest in dance and the importance of movement, singing, religion with female artifical intelligence. He talks about embracing our fundamental human biology. 8:00 – Sam uses history, philsophy, and biology to provide his thoughts on where artifical intelligence should go. 10:30 – Sam posits that humans don’t learn as much in school as they do through the sharing of movement and physical expression. 13:17 – SPOILER POINT: Sam talks about how he chose movies and shows as examples. He talks about Ex Machina and its ending. 14:24 – SPOILER DISCUSSION ENDS 16:22 – Sam talks about how surprised he was to find historic connections between the first writing on female robots to modern films. He has found a very interesting common thread. 19:41 – SPOILER POINT: He tried to understand the role of violence in these films and tv shows. He talks about Westworld. 21:37 – SPOILER DISCUSSION ENDS 24:00 – Sam has found a small group of philosophers who have talked about the idea of biology being an important part of being human. 32:30 – Sam has studied dance across the world and people always want to teach others the way they dance. 35:25 – His website is sam-gill.com where people can find his writings on dance and science fiction. For more of “The Art and Design of Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Mystery and Horror” please follow me on Facebook at crisalvarezwlc, on youtube at Cris Alvarez and on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi Links of interest www.sam-gill.com Guests: Sam Gill Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: science fiction, writer, nonfiction, Data, Star Trek, Westworld, Ex Machina, Blade Runner, dance, religion, movement, robots, artifical intelligence, scarlett johansson, movies, tv shows
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