Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel

013: What is the Future of Communications Interfaces?

Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel

In this week’s podcast, we discuss common communications and computer interfaces in science fiction and ask whether those AI assistants and videophones really make sense. We retell David Foster Wallace’s story about the failure of the videophone from Infinite Jest, and we argue that Samantha from Her would be just as annoying as Microsoft Clippy. […]

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