Endings Are Also Beginnings: Storytelling in the Age of AI with Hugh Howey

The Friday Habit

As a wildly successful author of science fiction novels and short stories, Hugh Howey pushes himself to explore new creative horizons on each project. A lover of classic dystopian novels such as Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451, Hugh loves multi-layered storytelling that pushes our understanding of what it means to be human. In a world that’s looking more and more like the apocalyptic settings in his novels, Hugh takes a more positive perspective on the impact of technology. Instead of subscribing to sweeping fears around the rise of artificial intelligence and the impending annihilation of the human race, he sees these developments as progress. Because of AI programs such as ChatGPT, human creations and contributions to the world have the potential to live forever, long after humans are gone. For this reason, Hugh sees AI as a path to immortality, not through the physical body but through a legacy of art and information. His stories frequently explore the boundaries of the human experience, especially as humanity itself is transitioning into something new. His timely and best-selling trilogy Silo is now a television series on AppleTV.

Main Topics

• Suspend expectations when it comes to creating art (02:45)
• Hugh’s favorite authors (05:03)
• AI and the future of humanity (07:20)
• Immortality becomes possible through AI (11:55)
• Human legacy lives on through our creations (13:49)
• Hugh’s top 3 science fiction movies (18:10)
• Turning Silo trilogy into a television show (20:35)
• Executive producing on the show (23:57)

Episode Links

• https://hughhowey.com

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