pick51/150 While Neuromancer is the better known Gibson book, I found this to be the superior read. Short stories that carry a punch, views of a world full of technological wonders, but Gibson prefers to explore the dark underbelly of that shiny future, what people will give up or become to survive. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
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pickMy luck with short story (and a teeny bit of poetry) collections written by ONE author continues, I found a lot to enjoy here. I wasn't sure what the ratio would be, but I'd say two thirds fantasy, one-third sci fi. I think in future I'd be happy to investigate any sci fi or sci fi/fantasy mixes by this author under a certain length. 1/?
The idea of the Turing test, in its search for humanity, being as much a test of the humans fostering a machine intelligence as it is of the developing machine.
Surprised how it hit me.
The best case scenario of true AI is one which results from humans never forgetting their humanity in the effort to infuse intelligence into a machine, which gives the machine the best chance to reflect the best of us. 🥹
A perspective I hadn't considered on the Turing test.
Probably should have considering how similar it is to rebuttals about the narrow form testing has often taken in gauging the intelligence of living beings other than humans in animal welfare discussions.
In that sense, humans are as likely to be 'programmed' into certain responses as machine intelligence might be.
Social conditioning is some deeply embedded code!
Someone broke the little free library by my work! 😭
Why??
One of my literary lodestars. 😔💔 Maybe more than any other writer, she's helped me make sense of myself and the world.
Evocative, lush, and uncomfortable.
An accomplished description!
Just heard about this-2 days late. I have not read all her books, but those that I have I‘ve thoroughly enjoyed. I love the book written by her daughter about their relationship.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251314790/alice-munro-dead
