Ian Domowitz on Paracelsus, Golems, and the Future of Fantasy

Ian Domowitz joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Initial Condition, the third novella in his dark fantasy series The Mechanic’s Diary.The conversation explores Hanzi Boss, a being bred through a 16th century alchemical recipe and taught language like a machine learning to speak.Ian and Vincent dig into golems, homunculi, Jewish mysticism, artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the terrifying idea that speech itself could be treated as a crime.They also discuss why lived experience may matter more than training data, how ancient myth can give fantasy credibility, and why Ian refuses to let generative AI write his fiction.The episode moves from dark fantasy into philosophy, ethics, writing craft, Wall Street, military life, and what it means to create a being that was made by man but still wants to understand its place in the world.Official Websitehttps://www.iandomowitz.comIan Domowitz on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/iandomowitz/Ian Domowitz on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/iandomowitzIan Domowitz on Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6684744.Ian_DomowitzIan Domowitz Books on Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/author/list/6684744.Ian_DomowitzIan Domowitz on Academia.eduhttps://independent.academia.edu/IDomowitzIan Domowitz on Mediumhttps://uxdesign.cc/@idomowitzBuy Ian Domowitz on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0D5LQ7LZ3Buy Initial Condition on Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN1F1QVYBuy Ian Domowitz on Barnes and Noblehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Ian%20Domowitz%22Buy Initial Condition on Barnes and Noblehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Initial%20Condition%22%20%22Ian%20Domowitz%22Buy Ian Domowitz on Bookshop.orghttps://bookshop.org/search?keywords=Ian%20DomowitzBuy Four Laws for the Artificially Intelligent on Bookshop.orghttps://bookshop.org/p/books/four-laws-for-the-artificially-intelligent-ian-domowitz/0660ff188ff10887Buy Ian Domowitz on Apple Bookshttps://books.apple.com/us/search?term=Ian%20DomowitzBuy Ian Domowitz on Kobohttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Ian%20DomowitzStream Ian Domowitz on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/search/Ian%20DomowitzAuthor Talk with Ian Domowitz on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/76z0kuQuHPUGub2VsJuxXwSkull Session with Dan Henk and Ian Domowitz on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6NTPRLPOClviwkE8CM9fQhAuthor Talk on Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/author-talk/id1551896025Support The Dark Mind Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/c/thedarkmindpodcast