Bad Philosophy

For the last century or so, we have had a healthy little obsession with replicating the human ability to reason using machines. We here at BF are happy to announce that these efforts have finally brought us the holy grail of artificial intelligence: robot radio DJs! That’s right, now you can enjoy all your favorite [...]

Ep102 A.I. Troopers [ 1:10:59 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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AI, Artificial Heart, artificial intelligence, brain, Clear Channel, CleverBot, cognitive computing, computers, dinosaurs, Flowers for Algernon, football, fossil fuels, Ghost in the Shell, Google Wave, IBM, immortality, Japan, Jeopardy!, John Stuart Mill, Jonathan Coulton, Kant, Kevin, Kiki, Lawnmower Man, Levar Burton, Machine Girl, Machine Man, Magic School Bus, memristor, Michael Crichton, neurobiology, neurology, neuroscience, Peter F. Hamilton, Power Rangers, radio, Reddit, Richard Hatch, robots, Simon, singularity, soul, Stanford, Stephen, Stephen King, Survivor, UTSA, velociraptor, VR Troopers, Watson

Aaaaaand, we’re back! For those of y’all who were keeping track, our 2-year anniversary was last month. That means BF has been around for… well… yeah, you can do the math. ANYWHO. Kevin and Kiki joined me to discuss brain damage, Neal Stephenson’s writing experiment, and a little ol’ movie about Facebook. No news stories this [...]

Ep074 Trabbit Rails [ 58:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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42, Aaron Sorkin, Alan Moore, AnimeFest, aspergers, autism, Bill Gates, brains, conferences, Cryptonomicon, David Finchier, DnD, Einstein, ethics, Facebook, Fight Club, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kevin, Kiki, LOLcats, Mark Zuckerberg, Mongoliad, movies, NACURH, Neal Stephenson, NI Week, PAX. Dungeons and Dragons, Pirates of Silicon Valley, San Diego Comic Con, Stephen, Stephen King, Steve Jobs, SWACURH, SXSW, SXSWi, The Baroque Cycle, The Plant, The Social Network, Van Gogh

For most folks fame comes rarely, if ever. Only a few people ever rise above the sea of obscurity, either from their own effort or by the grace of others (or some combination of the two). In the Internet age, this process of fame-making has taken on a whole new dimension, with the advent of [...]

Ep058 Banana Pancakes [ 54:22 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Afghanistan, alternate universes, America's Got Talent, American Idol, BattleBots, Bo Burnham, Brotherhood 2.0, celebrity, Dallas, Dexter Filkins, fame, Ficly, Fred, iCarly, Iraq, John and Hank Green, Jonathan Coulton, Josh Groban, Kelly Clarkson, Kevin, Last Comic Standing, Margaret, Marty Casey, Michael Jackson, narrowcasting, Nickelodeon, objectivity, Osborns, PAX, Penny Arcade, quality, reality TV, robots, Rock Start INXS, science fiction, Stephen, Stephen King, talent, The Forever War, the long tail, Tom Cruise, Tumblr, University of Washington, web celebrities, William H. Macy, YouTube

Fear not, good mortals! Bad Philosophy is not gone. There’s just, y’know, this thing called “college.” Maybe you’ve heard of it? Well, in any case, it tends to take priority over this show (at least for now), and that’s why this episode has taken so long to come out. You’ve probably all seen Watchmen by [...]

Ep025 Squidalien [ 54:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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300, Alan Moore, aliens, American Sign Language, Arthur Dent, atheism, categorical imperative, Chuck Norris, comics, determinism, ethics, fatalism, Futurama, Gears of Wars, God, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hollywood, Kant, Kevin, Kinsey, Liam Neeson, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Michael H, Moby Dick, morality, New York City, pirates, realism, religion, Schindler's List, sin, Spiderman, spoilers, Stephen, Stephen King, Superman, symbolism, tachyons, Taken, The Dark Knight, Tom Clancy, Twitter, University of Texas, violence, Watchmen, Zach Snyder