Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-02-08
Books mentioned on Part Two: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI | BEHIND THE BASTARDS
Robert Evans discussed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Grey by E L James, and I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K.
Discussed“this the founding text or at least one of them of rationalism is a 66 ,000 word Harry Potter fanfic that is just just nonsense”
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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky is a massive, widely read piece of fan fiction that reimagines the original wizarding universe through the lens of scientific rationality and critical thinking.
Discussed“Uh, the founding text or at least one of them of rationalism is a 66,000-word Harry Potter fanfic that is just nonsense.”
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Grey
Grey by E L James is an erotic romance novel that retells the events of Fifty Shades of Grey from the perspective of Christian Grey, following its origins as a popular fanfiction post.
Discussed“you know it's it's it's like the uh what was it 50 Shades of Gray how it was originally a Twilight fade F and there's going to be like a uh Cloud Atlas ask you know”
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I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream is a celebrated science fiction short story collection by Harlan Ellison that features dark themes including a malevolent artificial intelligence known as AM.
Discussed“now you may have noticed iffy number one they're kind of ripping off our our boy harlon Ellison famed famed advocate of of the writer's right to their work”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“you know it's it's it's like the uh what was it 50 Shades of Gray how it was originally a Twilight fade F and there's going to be like a uh Cloud Atlas ask you know”
“It's like the, uh, what was it? 50 Shades of Grey, how it was originally a Twilight fanfic?”
“And there's going to be like a, uh, Cloud Atlas-esque, you know?”