AI, Space, and Humanity’s Future—A Conversation with David Brin

The multi-award winning science fiction author, futurist and speaker returns to Planetary Radio for a wide-ranging conversation about robots and humans in space, empathetic artificial intelligences, how we can survive the Singularity and much more. Emily Lakdawalla recaps an astrobiology session at the just-completed Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. There’s a great new book from National Geographic Kids waiting for the winner of the new What’s Up space trivia contest.

Related Links:

• David Brin’s Website
• How Might Artificial Intelligence Come About? An Essay by David Brin
• World of Watson 2016 Talk: Will Artificial Intelligence occur by design, evolution, accident... or at all?
• #LPSC2018: Fungi in the lab, hot springs frozen cold, and exploding lakes
• Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination

Dr. E's Super Stellar Solar System by planetary scientist Bethany Ehlmann. Also, a 200-point iTelescope.net astronomy account.

This week's question:

What is currently the second farthest spacecraft from Earth? It does not need to be currently functioning.

To submit your answer:

Complete the contest entry form at http://planetary.org/radiocontest or write to us at [email protected] no later than Wednesday, April 11th at 8am Pacific Time. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Last week's question:

What missions visited the Tiangong-1 space station?

Answer:

The answer will be revealed next week.

Question from the week before:

How many Space Shuttle flights docked with the Mir space station?

Answer:

From 1995 to 1998 nine Space Shuttle missions docked with the Mir space station.