Galatea 2.0 made the list of “10 Fabulous Campus Novels to Cozy Up With This Fall,” by Maddie Crum, Huffington Post, September 24, 2015. “Powers’s novel is as fascinating as its premise: a professor with writer’s block teams up with a computer scientist in an attempt to build a computer that can write a, Read More
“How Treating Robots Like Children Is Changing A.I.,” by Jacob Brogan, Slate, September 4, 2015. This article highlights the work of University of California–Berkeley’s artificial intelligence researcher Pieter Abbeel. In his lab, robots are educated like children. Galatea 2.2 is cited as an early example of this concept. “Powers’ novel may clarify the scope, Read More
“11 Musical Novels that Hit All the Right Notes,” a list including Orfeo by Emma Volk, Off the Shelf, September 1, 2015. “This creative and cerebral novel reaches a soaring crescendo when the musical fugitive dreams up a plan to turn his collision with the security state into a transformative work of art.”
“10 Books to Keep When You Sell Everything and Build a Tiny House,” by Heidi Fiedler, B&N Reads, July 14, 2015. “A book about the place where science and music intersect. I dare you not to talk about language, genetics, and honest-to-goodness themes after you read it! A must-have for the tiny house that has, Read More