Steve Yegge Recommends Classic Sci-Fi: 'They're Made out of Meat'
Steve_Yegge · x · 2026-08-03
Prominent technologist Steve Yegge highly recommends the classic 1991 sci-fi short story "They're Made out of Meat" by Terry Bisson. The narrative unfolds from the perspective of alien explorers who are astonished to discover that the machines sending radio signals on Earth were built by pure "meat" (carbon-based lifeforms). With a humorous and counterintuitive approach, the story explores the philosophical themes of carbon-based life and machine creation, making it highly relevant to ponder in the current AI era.
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