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#42 Prime Minister’s Questions

#42 Prime Minister’s Questions

Update: 2023-12-17
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Thanks to developments in AI and VR, every voter now has the right to meet their political candidates one-on-one. These hyper-realistic chat bots look and sound exactly like their real-life equivalents and they answer questions with 99.9% accuracy. So what happens when the British primer minister’s chat bot starts making some very provocative statements? 


 


Something to consider when reading/listening: 


 


Would this type of hyper realistic chatbot enhance our elections?  


 


Prime Minister’s Questions is an original short story by Doe Wilmann 


 


If you’d like to read the script of this episode go to https://www.fairobserver.com/author/doe-wilmann/ 


 


For information about upcoming stories and live performances of my stage plays, go to meaninglessproblems.com and sign up to my monthly newsletter. You can also email me via the contact form. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. 


 


You might enjoy this episode if you like:


 


Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror


Sci-fi


The Twilight Zone 


Philosophical fiction 


Episode #25 of this podcast


Prime ministers 


Politics 


War


France 


War with France 


Technology  


Contemplating the nature of existence


Contemplating the meaning of life 


Any form of philosophical enquiry 


 


Let me know your thoughts on this episode or the podcast as a whole at doewilmann@outlook.com 


 


This episode is part of my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If you’re looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, I’m not making any promises. But if you do like one of these stories please share it with your friends. 


If I complete this challenge and the podcast gets 1,000 subscribers in the process, a group of my friends have agreed to donate a combined £1000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK. 


 


For writing tips and advice, follow me on TikTok (@meaninglessproblems)


 


I also have an Instagram (@meaninglessproblems) account dedicated to the podcast. 


 


Website:


 


Meaninglessproblems.com 


 


Thanks for listening 


 


Credits:


 


Written and performed by Doe Wilmann


 


Thanks to Katie Empett and Ross Hindle for reading early versions of this episode and providing notes. 


 


Artwork by Katie Empett


 


Music by Claude Debussy with permission from Pond5. 


 


A license to use the media (Debussy Suite Bergamasque, Clair De Lune (Piano Cover) 229744340 Music ahawke99110 2023-03-02 Individual) was purchased under Pond5's Content License Agreement, a copy of which is available for review at https://www.pond5.com/legal/license. The Pond5 license authorizes the licensee to use the media in the licensee's own commercial or non-commercial production and to copy, broadcast, distribute, display, perform and monetize the production or work in any medium - including posting and monetization on YouTube - on the terms and conditions outlined therein. 


 


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#42 Prime Minister’s Questions

#42 Prime Minister’s Questions

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