28th of June, 2025
It was a marvelous get together, with despair and hope dancing around and with each other as we faced the reality and dreams of artificial intelligence.
Find the essay I wrote in response here.
Did you have any thoughts and would you like to share them? I’d love to read, hear or see your ideas.
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A Future of Artificial Intelligence
Although the discussions surrounding generative AI are still in full swing, there is even more uncertainty and speculation about the long-term effects of artificial intelligence. Many fear the advent of general artificial intelligence, some think it impossible, most have no idea how to imagine intelligence outside of humanity. To imagine possible future of AI, let us turn to writers, visionaries and literature!
Required reading: none!
Short read: “I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison, found here, and/or “EPICAC” by Kurt Vonnegut, found here.
Longer read: “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang.
Extra reading: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.