Hardware Podcasts

235: Imagine That, Suckers!

Embedded.fm · 21 Feb 2018 · 1h 08m · Episode 235

What this episode covers

Author Robin Sloan, known for novels like Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore and Sourdough, discusses his background in technology and how it informs his fiction. He details his use of machine learning and neural networks to generate text and audio for his books, specifically creating a neural net for the music in Sourdough. Sloan also explains his low-tech publishing experiment, a zine called 'zine' that forces offline reading, and shares advice on finishing projects.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Google, Twitter, Current TV
Products
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore, Sourdough
Tools
TensorFlow, GitHub
Also
wizard.limo

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