Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model is a fresh take on what can go wrong in a world of robots and AI. Charles is a robot valet. He works in a manor performing personal services for his human master, checking his travel arrangements, laying out his clothes, shaving him, serving meals, etc. However, it appears to have … Continue reading Service Model
Month: June 2024
Scavenger’s Reign, and other TV notes
This week I came across Scavenger's Reign, a sci-fi animated series on Netflix. The show is about a crew stranded on an alien planet, Vesta, with an interesting ecosystem. It chronicles the efforts of isolated groups to survive. The groups have little hope of a rescue. It's revealed upfront that the company they work for … Continue reading Scavenger’s Reign, and other TV notes
The myth of left and right
I've written before that I think the idea of politics as happening between different philosophical schools is misguided. In this interview on The Dissenter podcast, Hyrum Lewis often strikes me as criticizing the left more than the right, but I think his thesis is basically sound. "Left" and "right" as concepts can be misleading when … Continue reading The myth of left and right