Talking Murderbot with Amy Salley

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Amy Salley about the Murderbot series, exploring themes of AI, consciousness, and neurodivergence.

In this episode we're joined again by Amy Salley, cohost of the Hugo, Girl! podcast, to help us discuss the Murderbot series of books by Martha Wells. We discuss our favorite characters and plots, but also how these books touch on AI, consciousness, and neurodivergence. Galaxy’s Edge Interviews Martha Wells | Author Interview | Sci Fi Blog I didn’t know how non-neurotypical I was until Murderbot We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Auth...

People in this episode

Hosts: Erik Aker, Mike Mull

Guest: Amy Salley

Topics covered

• Murderbot series
• AI
• consciousness
• neurodivergence
• character analysis
• plot discussion

Keywords

• Murderbot
• Martha Wells
• AI
• neurodivergence
• science fiction
• characters
• plots

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hugo, Girl!

Books & works: Murderbot series

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