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- Fall is here againI let personal circumstances interfere with my attendance. My situation is stable now. 61 minutes1 hr 2 min
- Fall is here againI let personal circumstances interfere with my attendance. My situation is stable now. 61 minutes1 hr 2 min
- 13. I’m a Stranger Here Myself
“If an alien force were observing Earth, would it see humans as the invasive species and send some kind of robot scarecrows to protect the habitat? Or would it further our survival by leading us away from danger? For a moment, I take a guilty solace in the latter fantasy. I imagine electric angels guiding us, like the roach-bots shepherding those cockroaches toward the light.”
0:00 —Intro: a story with a good twist…
00:59 —Light speed in the elevator…
03:49 —Face in the crowd and blood on the tracks
11:55 —More TMI
16:24 —The Return of the Roboroach: “People who can’t even control their own minds want to control the minds of others.”
22:55 —Christmas in the community room
24:19 The death of MacGuffin
27 minutes
“Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter, “Disintegration Loops” by William Basinki, “Following” by Justin Walter, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere
13_Im a stranger here myselfDownload27 min - 13. I’m a Stranger Here MyselfPeople who can’t even control their own minds want to control the minds of others. 27 minutes “Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter, “Disintegration Loops” by William Basinki, “Following” by Justin Walter, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere27 min
- 12. The Night Watchman
“Maybe all black holes are intelligent civilizations that got sucked up their own assholes.”
0:00 —People call him Superboy…
01:14 —Notes on Bigfoot
05:00 —A bus ride through the snow storm
08:13 —Notes on the Fermi paradox
10:21 —The nightwatchman’s lullaby
13:14 —A cosmic prank in the park
14:06 — “SETI to yeti, do you copy? Over.”
14:43 —An unfinished email to future nonbiological intelligence
22:55 —Exit Sam.
24:30 minutes
“Baby (slowed down 800 percent)” by Justin Bieber, “Three Cheers for Existence,” by Deru, “Murmur’s Ebb” by Greater Than or Equal To, “1979” by Deru, “Kontakte” by Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere
12_The Night WatchmanDownload25 min - 12. The Night WatchmanOccasionally a tenant has left their key in the door lock. 24:30 minutes “Baby (slowed down 800 percent)” by Justin Bieber, “Three Cheers for Existence,” by Deru, “Murmur’s Ebb” by Greater Than or Equal To, “1979” by Deru, “Kontakte” by Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere25 min
- 11. Real Person Blues
“Sometimes you’ve gotta beat the crazy outta them.”
0:00 —Intro
00:30 —Riding the train backwards through downtown…
02:34 —Notes on Déjà vu
04:12 —The Return of the Mummy’s Shadow
09:14 —Drifting through downtown again with the soundtrack out of sync…
11:00 —Roy suggests a way to deal with Sam and reveals Dietzen’s identity….
17:42 —Dan knocks on the door with a gift and some news…
19 minutes
“Vid Loss” by Pye Corner Audio,“Spiral Insana” by Nurse with Wound, “Blown-Out Joy from Heaven’s Mercied Hole” by A Silver Mt. Zion, and “Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter
NUV Real Person BluesDownload19 min - 11. Real Person BluesI fantasize that if I focus hard enough, I will find a way to reach out to myself. 19 minutes “Vid Loss” by Pye Corner Audio,“Spiral Insana” by Nurse with Wound, “Blown-Out Joy from Heaven’s Mercied Hole” by A Silver Mt. Zion, and “Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter19 min
- 10. The Healthy Skeptic
“This is an irony you couldn’t get away with in fiction—socially impaired programmers creating social media environments for society to socialize within. And the irony doesn’t stop there. Grandin points out that the programmers require intense concentration to look at information for long periods of time. Meanwhile, the technology and media they create distract and fragment people’s attention. Even Grandin, whose condition is characterized by an inability to recognize irony, recognizes this irony.”
0:00 —Intro: You’re not a hoarder, not if you can put it in order…
01:00 —Notes on weaponized autism
12:15 —Alone at the Social Skills Group Therapy
19 minutes
“Witchs Will” by Wilburn Burchette and “No Riders” by Pye Corner Audio
10_The_Healthy_SkepticDownloadhttps://notesfromtheuncannyvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/10_the_healthy_skeptic.m4a20 min - 10. The Healthy Skeptic. . . a graphic of two faceless cartoon figures communicating via tin cans and a string. 19 minutes “Witchs Will” by Wilburn Burchette and “No Riders” by Pye Corner Audio20 min
About Notes from the Uncanny Valley
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“Being dead is something you learn to live with,” reflects the narrator of NOTES FROM THE UNCANNY VALLEY, an inventive, 400-page autofiction novel read as an audiobook posing as a podcast adapted as a…
movie in your mind. Listen, as the clues lead our alien observer down deep into the uncanny valley, where he begins to wonder, is he living in a simulation? Is he himself artificial intelligence? Will he find the missing link between monkey and machine?