#195: Dreams of AI Utopia

This week Ian and Michael consider how science fiction has influenced the way we imagine the future, from Star Trek and Douglas Adams to the rather more serious visions of post-scarcity societies. That leads to the obvious question: if AI really does make abundance possible, what happens to work, money, purpose and all those things humans insist on wanting? A conversation about futuristic dreams, economic realities, and whether the road to paradise might involve rather more complications than advertised. (This description was written with the help of AI)