Today we explore the technology of the Culture, especially its sentient AIs. We examine the reasons true AI might not be possible and decide whether those ideas seem likely to be true. We also look at how humanity will become a more complex and diverse species and civilization not only through our own genetic manipulation of our biology, but also by the inclusion of the AI lifeforms we create.LinksCheck out my novel, <a href="/criticalbalance">Critical Balance</a>.Have you read Critical Balance? Please<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/review/create-review/?asin=B0FMCKXNDG&channel=glance-detail&ie=UTF8"> leave a review on Amazon</a>.Subscribe via <a target="_blank" href="https://www.lexstarwalker.com/lol?format=rss">RSS</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lex-out-loud-writing-science-fiction/id1503935755">Apple Podcasts</a>, or <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3p1KLkgXwkdAnQrP8v7yDr">Spotify</a>.Support the show on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.patreon.com/lexstarwalker">Patreon</a>.<a target="_blank" href="https://lexstarwalker.com/checkout/donate?donatePageId=5e877bba12a7e1791b0ede1b">Donate</a> to the show.Follow me on <a target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/profile/lexstarwalker.com">Bluesky</a>.Join my <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/YgyH2Q7ybp">Discord server</a>.<a href="mailto:lexoutloudpodcast+website@gmail.com">Email me</a>.Call My Voicemail: 951-465-5391Check out my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/StarwalkerStudios">YouTube channel</a>.Join <a target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/YgyH2Q7ybp">my Book Club</a>, now on Discord.I’m looking for <a target="_blank" href="https://lexstarwalker.com/blog/alphabeta-cz">alpha & beta readers</a> for my next novel.<a target="_blank" href="http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm">A Few Notes on the Culture</a> by Iain M. BanksStart The Culture series with <a target="_blank" href="https://a.co/d/jgpXKVT">Excession</a>.Check out <a target="_blank" href="/lol/098">episode 98</a> for my discussion of Martha Wells’s lecture on AI characters in stories.

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