Pierce and Richard are joined by Bella Cooper-Brown, Oxford material scientist turned science fiction author. They cover why defense tech companies name themselves after Lord of the Rings, Asimov's three laws of robotics, why engineers don't read enough fiction, the intersection of material science and AI research, how speculative fiction shapes the tech we build, and the ethics of AI companions and relationships.

📚 Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1818)
📚 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
📚 I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950)
📚 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (2021)