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Rachel and Matt discuss the novel "Solaris" by Stanislaw Lem which has been adapted into film twice (episodes incoming!) was it an easier read than Star Maker? Did we think this author was also on some really good hallucinogens? You'll find out!

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Kris Kelvin is traveling to the ocean world of Solaris. For more than 100 years, scientists have been trying to understand and communicate with alien life. But Solaris is truly alien - the entire planet-wide ocean is a single living organism. As Kelvin arrives, he finds that things are going wrong. The science station is disturbing and nearly abandoned. Will he be able to unravel the mystery of Solaris? Or will he lose his mind in the attempt? 

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• Blindsight - Peter Watts (https://youtu.be/7GSLFAU_CFk)
• Ubik - Philip K Dick
• Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer

This film demands your full attention. Jason Furie fully committed his mind and body to this experience while Adam Roth possibly did no such thing and now lives in regret. Guess who enjoyed this film more? We review Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 sci-fi cult classic "Stalker" that is sure to generate some conflicting opinions and  interpretations. If you're going to watch this one, be sure get The Criterion Collection edition 2K remaster. It's amazing.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 What is Fact and What is Fiction in Artificial Intelligence?
05:45 Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Driving
07:30 AI in Language Translation and Understanding
11:00 AI in Education
12:20 How AI Improves Drug Discovery and Development
15:00 Analyzing Health Data under GDPR
16:55 How Wearable Technology Can Support Scientists to Get More Insights into the Development of Diseases
18:15 European North Star Projects in AI
20:45 Starting Point for SME Entrepreneurs in AI
24:00 The History of the KNOW Center
27:20 Industry Partners of the KNOW Center and Use Cases Developed with them
31:30 How Does AI Affect Labour?
34:05 Innovation Speed and AI
36:00 The Role of AI in Search
41:00 AI and Recommendation Management
43:00 Potential in Assisted Living
44:30 What is a Digital Twin?
47:35 Recommendation to SMEs to Approach KNOW Center

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Und der Blick in die Zukunft? Da war stets die Science Fiction ein guter Weg, um künftige Szenarien durchzudenken. Stanslaw Lem war so ein Visionär – man erinnere sich nur an seine Bücher wie „Der futurologische Kongress“. Gegen Ende seines Lebens war er allerdings unzufrieden darüber, wie Menschen ihr Leben mittels Technik gestalten. Lem soll ein richtiger Misantrop geworden sein. 

Stanislaw Lem. Der enttäuschte Weltverbesserer

Man kennt ihn als einen der wichtigsten Science-Fiction-Autoren des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Aber Lem war mehr als das: Als Philosoph und Wissenschaftler konnte er technische Entwicklungen der Menschheit und ihre Auswirkungen sogar voraussehen. Als solcher prägte er viele heute geläufige Begriffe für technische Errungenschaften, die seinerzeit noch gar nicht existierten. Seine teils utopische, teils humoristische und selbstironische Art zu schreiben, brachte ihm weltweit große Popularität ein, seine Bücher erreichten eine Auflage von mehr als 45 Millionen und wurden zum Teil verfilmt.

Der 1921 in Lemberg im damaligen Polen geborene Schriftsteller blickte im Alter jedoch zunehmend unzufrieden auf sein eigenes Werk wie auch auf die Entwicklung der technisierten Gesellschaften. Er starb 2006 nach längerer Krankheit in Krakau.

Das Feature der Hörspielwerkstatt der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin widmete sich dem Leben und Werk Lems.