Rudy Rucker Podcasts

Oct 23, 2006. “Boing Boing” editors Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescovitz interview author and mathematician Rudy Rucker about his two upcoming books:” Mad Professor” and “Mathematicians in Love.” Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #33. Interview by Boing Boing on MATHEMATICIANS IN LOVE first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

May 18, 2006. Talk on “The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul” at LucasFilm in the Presidio in San Francisco. See slides . See photos on the May 19, 2006 entry of Rudy’s Blog. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #32. “Gnarly Computation,” At LucasFilm, SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

April 20, 2006. Talk on “The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul” at Fresno State. See slides . Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #31. “Gnarly Computation,” Fresno State U. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Audio files for podcasts #17-#29 are gone, due to bit rot and unreliable hosts… Onward! April 18, 2006. Reading “Chu and the Nants.” This story is in the June, 2006, edition of ISAAC ASIMOV’S SF magazine. It also serves as part of the first chapter of POSTSINGULAR. The reading was at The New College on […] The post Podcast #30. (#17 – #29 are Gone.) “Chu and the Nants”. New College, in SF. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Dec 9, 2005. My final lecture in my Philosophy and Computers class at SJSU in Fall, 2005. Based on Chapter 6 of my tome, “The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul.” Includes discussion of my ambivalence about how to end the book, panpsychism, ontologies, unsolvability, computational equivalence, unpredictability, undecidability, and my six principles on how […] The post Podcast #16. Philosophy & Computers 9: Panpsychism, Undecidability, & How to be Happy first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Dec 2, 2005. Lecture on Chapter 5 of “The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul”. Flocking behaviors, how conversations can exemplify different computation classes, the hive mind of society, the nature of language, the ubiquity of social power laws. (If you want to follow the computer demos, download the “Boppers” and “CAPOW” programs from the […] The post Podcast #15. Philosophy & Computers 8: Hive Minds & Society. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 17, 2005. Lecture on the second half of Chapter Four of “The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul.” Arguing that a computer program can be conscious, and that this will happen within a hundred years. (48.27MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #14. Philosophy and Computers 7: Consciousness. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 15, 2005. Final reading at KFJC. This short-short science fiction story, from my nonfiction book, “The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul,” illustrates some questions about whether every thinkable process is physically realizable, and whether every computation is thinkable. (7.85MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #13. “Hello Infinity.” KFJC 6. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 8, 2005. At radio KFJC with Ann Arbor, reading the fifth thought experiment story from my nonfiction Lifebox book. Can a rainstorm be conscious? (6.61MB. 7 min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #12. “The Kind Rain.” KFJC 5. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Nov 4, 2005. The 6th lecture in my SJSU philosophy course. Covers sections 4.1 to 4.3 of “The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul.” (60.96MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #11. Philosophy and Computers 6: Neural Nets and the Phenomenology of Mind. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Oct 25, 2005. At radio KFJC, www.kfjc.org or 89.7 FM, with Ann Arbor, 7:20 AM, Tuesday, reading the fourth thought experiment story from my nonfiction Lifebox book. Intro included. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #10. “Terry’s Talker.” KFJC 4. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Oct 18, 2005. At radio KFJC with Ann Arbor, reading the third “thought experiment” short-short SF story included in The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, see https://www.rudyrucker.com/lifebox. Introduction is included.(1.12MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #8. Reading.”Aint Paint.” KFJC 3. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Oct 13, 2005. Review session summarizing Chapters 1 – 3 of The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. A good introduction to the material. Visuals of the questions I wrote on the blackboards are online. Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #7. Philosophy and Computers 5: Review Chaps 1-3. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Oct 11, 2005. Rudy reads at radio KFJC. A story on multiple universes, introducing Chapter Two of Rudy Rucker, The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, see www.rudyrucker.com/lifebox. Intro included. (1.17MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #6. “The Million Mandalas.” KFJC 2. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

October 4, 2005. Rudy at radio KFJC, reading the story “Lucky Number” which introduces chapter one in his nonfiction book The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. Intro included. (1.96MB. min.) Subscribe to Rudy Rucker Podcasts. The post Podcast #5. Reading.”Lucky Number,” KFJC 1. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

October 4, 2005. The 4th lecture in my Philosophy and Computers course, covering the second half of Chapter 3 of The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. Topics: homeostasis, evolution, artificial life, robotics. I recorded this in stereo and equalized the sound with the Audacity program, and I think this one sounds better than my […] The post Podcast #4. Philosophy & Computers 4: Evolution & Artificial Life. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Sept 29, 2005. The 3rd recorded lecture in my Philosophy and Computers course, covering the first half of Chapter 3 of The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul, see www.rudyrucker.com/lifebox. I talk about self-reproduction, intelligent design, morphogenesis, and ecology in terms of computations. By the way, my Philosophy class lectures are more or less independent […] The post Podcast #3. Philosophy and Computers 3: Morphogenesis. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.

Sept 22, 2005. The 2nd lecture from my Philosophy 115 class at SJSU. The lectures are based on my book The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul On the book’s page you can download the Cellab and CAPOW software used in the demos being discussed. I didn’t manage to record the three classroom lectures that […] The post Podcast #2. Philosophy & Computers 2: Quantum Mechanics. first appeared on Rudy's Blog.