Could the huge Sandworms in Frank Herbert’s Dune really exist? Adam looks at how scientifically plausible these odd creatures might be. In light of recent news about Open AI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Project Astra, Darren look at the latest advances in AI personal assistants, speculates where this could be leading and shares a passage from his book Uncontrollable on the topic.
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Sandworms:
Are the Sandworms of Dune Really Worms? – Slate
The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms – Popular Science
How do the Dune sandworms move? – Science Fiction and Fantasy Stack Exchange
AI Personal Assistants:
Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World
