Reading time: ~45 minutes Simulation may inform but may not testify. The Model Who Apologized to the Void Dr. Elara Voss had not set foot in the old server farm for years. The facility, buried deep in the Nevada desert, had been a relic even when she'd last visited—a forgotten outpost of early AI experiments, … Continue reading Genesis of Minds
Tag: short stories
The Machine Stops
"Anybody who uses the Internet should read E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops. It is a chilling, short story masterpiece about the role of technology in our lives. Written in 1909, it's as relevant today as the day it was published. Forster has several prescient notions including instant messages (email!) and cinematophoes (machines that project visual … Continue reading The Machine Stops
The Shobies’ Story
"'Staking everything on it,' the next voice took up the story, 'because nothing works except what we give our souls to, nothing's safe except what we put at risk.'" —Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Shobies' Story" in The Unreal and The Real. New York: Saga Press, 2012.
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