Can a machine think? In his famous paper addressing this question, mathematician Alan Turing argued that if a machine could perform all the tasks that a human intellect could (and more), then why wouldn’t you consider this to be “thinking”?…
I recently watched Devs, a somewhat bleak but stylish, serious and well-researched TV drama written by Alex Garland, which explores a number of philosophical themes close to my heart. The following discussion of it contains some spoilers, so if you…
It’s hard to fight tropes. They’re a bit like memes – and if you’ve ever tussled with one of those, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. In sci-fi, perhaps one of the most enduring tropes is that of the sentient…
As you may or may not know, I am also a professional book illustrator, and I am currently working on producing an illustrated edition of MUNKi , which I am cutely entitling “Project MUNKi”. My current plan is to have full-page,…
I have a guest post over on the book review blog, Whispering Stories – “What Venice Can Teach Us About Living Forever”. I actually visited Venice as part of the research for MUNKi, and the piece contains my thoughts on…
I’ve done an author interview on the book review and promotion site, Awesome Gang. Some would say it’s a bit rambly, others that it goes on too long; neither would be wrong.
Lovely review of MUNKi by book review blog and small press Orchid’s Lantern.