Mind Duck Books

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Episodes
  • 72 - R.U.R by Karel Capek
    Jun 23 2024

    A Czech sci-fi classic from 1920 that is the origin of the word "robot". This episode has been a long time coming and I am very happy that it worked out to have Rudolf Rosa a researcher in computational linguistics as a guest. Rudolf is is also behind project "Robot writes a play" that was a special occasion to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the book R.U.R by using machine learning and large language models to write a theater play. This time about people by a robots. Join us on this episode to discuss the story of Rossum's Universal Robots, what really is the difference between people and robots and what does it mean to have a soul.

    Notes:
    00:00 Intro
    16:25 Karel Capek
    24:48 Spoilers and plot
    01:02:40 Inevitable AI / language model discussion
    #karel #capek #robot #rur #artificial #inteligence #ai #large #language #model #rudolf #rosa #gpt

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • 71 - The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
    Jun 9 2024

    One of the most popular writers in Asia, one of the most beloved detective mysteries in Japan. Can it live up to it's praise? Paul and I finally read Paul's wife's favorite book to find out.

    Notes:
    00:00 Intro
    06:53 This is so Japanese
    08:16 Mystery is an obsession in Japan
    11:04 Why don't we read more detective stories?
    19:28 Spoilers and Plot
    #devotion #suspect #x #keigo #higashino #crime #mystery #detective #galileo #japan

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    56 mins
  • 70 - Dune Hexalogy
    May 26 2024

    On this episode we look at the whole series and consider it as a whole. To follow our tradition with book series we put together some lists:
    - All 6 books from worst to best
    - Top 5 best and worst things about the Dune series
    - Top 5 biggest nonsensical things in the series
    - Top 3 Quotes
    - Top 5 tips how to pick up women by Duncan Idaho 00:00 Intro

    03:13 Is this the best book series?

    07:04 All 6 Books from worst to best

    17:39 Top 5 Best

    34:56 Tob 5 Worst

    43:33 Top 5 Random Nonsense!

    51:30 Top 5 Tips How to Pick up Women by Duncan Idaho

    57:58 Top 3 Quotes


    #frank #herbert #dune #series #hexalogy #top #best #worst #list #duncan #idaho

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    1 hr and 9 mins

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