No Robot Like Robot
Janelle Shane’s response essay to Annalee Newitz’s short story, “When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis.”
Response
Future Tense Fiction
When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis
Robot, a disease-detecting drone, has been meticulously trained to gather public health data in hard-to-reach communities—and to use that data to stymie the spread of dangerous viruses. But when the public health authorities responsible for Robot are defunded, it’s forced to assemble a new team to keep its communities safe.
The Awareness Imperative
Proposals to promote AI literacy have exploded. To be successful, they should focus not only on how we use technological tools, but also on how those tools change us in the process.
Response
Mothering the Bay
When a busy BART train suddenly screeches to a stop deep under the San Francisco Bay, passengers turn to personalized AI agents to understand what’s happened—but they begin to realize that those agents may obscure more than they illuminate.
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Information Bubbles, Emergencies, and Sorting Through the Noise: An Interview With Deji Bryce Olukotun
When a busy BART train suddenly screeches to a stop deep under the San Francisco Bay, passengers turn to personalized AI agents to understand what’s happened—but they begin to realize that those agents may obscure more than they illuminate. Deji Bryce Olukotun shares the background behind his February Future Tense Fiction story, “Mothering the Bay,” […]
Work, Comedy, and Transparency in AI Use: An Interview With Gregory Mone
Author Gregory Mone discusses his Future Tense Fiction story “The Funniest Centaur Alive” in an interview with ISSUES.