Chris Kulp on Artificial Intelligence in 'Lost Origins'

About this episode

Chris Kulp discusses his novel 'Lost Origins' and the implications of artificial intelligence in science fiction.

Chris Kulp is a professional physicist and science fiction author, who has won the Mike Resnick award for his first published story ‘What Would You Pay for a Second Chance’. We talk about his second novel ‘Lost Origins’, a space opera where Earth is regarded as a myth by a galactic civilization peopled by humans and androids. Our conversation goes from a sci-fi story about artificial intelligence to one that explains how current AI models work, what they can and can't do, what they migh...

People in this episode

Hosts: Marty Kurylowicz, Holly Carson

Guest: Chris Kulp

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• science fiction
• space opera
• current AI models
• galactic civilization

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• science fiction
• space opera
• Chris Kulp
• Lost Origins

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lost Origins, What Would You Pay for a Second Chance

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