Bonus: AI Sci-Fi Nexus Ep. 1.1 – Introducing “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang

Sidd and Luke talk about why they picked the novella “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” as their first example of fictional artificial intelligence development, and propose some questions to keep in mind while reading the story.

The YouTube version of this episode can be found here: https://youtu.be/nznq9RagtN0

This story can be found in the collection “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang:

https://www.amazon.com/Exhalation-Ted-Chiang-audiobook/dp/B07PHLFB1H/

AI Sci-Fi Nexus is a collaboration between:

Siddharth Krishnan, Assistant Professor at the Computer Science Department of University of North Carolina in Charlotte:

https://webpages.uncc.edu/~skrish21/

Luke Burrage, Science Fiction Book Review Podcast:

https://www.sfbrp.com

More about “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Objects