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The Best of the Book Nook: 'Mind Catcher' by John Darnton

 "Mind Catcher" by John Darnton

Artificial Intelligence, threat? Or promise? And other brainy topics.

(Original recording made in 2002)

John Darnton wrote for the New York Times for many years. And he wrote novels. In his novel "Mind Catcher" he imagined connections between brains that verged on science fiction. Or not. 21 years later this stuff doesn't sound that unrealistic. We talked about artificial intelligence that day in 2002. Now everybody seems to be talking about it. AI is in the news.And on our minds.

The Book Nook on WYSO is presented by the Greene County Public Library with additional support from Washington-Centerville Public LibraryClark County Public LibraryDayton Metro LibraryWright Memorial Public Library, and Tipp City Public.

Vick Mickunas is the host of Book Nook on WYSO, which he created in 1994. He has conducted more than 1,700 author interviews, from Studs Terkel to Lee Child to John Glenn. He is a book critic for the Dayton Daily News and the Springfield News-Sun.