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
Future Tense Fiction
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.
What Role Should Technology Play in Childhood?
IPhones already babysit kids. Why not have robot nannies? Ed Finn responds to Malka Older’s Future Tense Fiction story.
Response
Actually Naneen
Shristi employs a robot nanny named Naneen to watch over her kids. As Naneen’s hardware and software ages, Shristi debates whether to replace the nanny with a newer model—and questions which parts of parenting she really wants to automate.
Video
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.