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A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us. As the intellectual feats of computing machines grow more and more astounding, will there be a day when their apparent intelligence approaches, or even surpasses, that of human beings? And what if these machines then become conscious, self-aware? In this latest title in the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, thirteen authors confront the question of the Singularity: at and beyond that point of time when A.I. becomes more than simply a human construct. From first awareness to omniscience, these original short stories explore that territory where human intelligence comes face-to-face with what is either its greatest hope, or its greatest threat. The A.I. Chronicles features stories by bestselling author David Simpson (the Post-Human series), Prix Aurora winner Julie Czerneda (In the Company of Others), Amazon Kindle Scout sensation Peter Cawdron (Anomaly) plus ten more of today's top authors in speculative and science fiction.… (meer)
This collection was very mixed for me, so as a whole do read it if AI is your interest, and I hope you love more of the stories than I did. You can see it took me awhile to work my way through it. Loved the last one, though, with its appropriate title. ( )
Another solid edition of the future chronicles. There was one story in there about a girl deemed socially overweight who pines for cake...I feel like it had the right general idea behind it and yet was really weak in its "overweight girl can think of nothing but cake" angle. Otherwise, lots of great stories.
I always mean to write a little blurb at least about the stories I really liked, but then it just took me so long to even get to writing the review so I'll try and get back to it one day... ( )
The only trouble with such engaging short stories is that they end, leaving the reader with a wish for more. One extra bonus in this collection is an author bio that follows each selection, some with links to other works to tantalize us. My twenty something daughter perused a few of these and said, "This lis like 'The Twilight Zone' on crack." She meant this as the highest compliment. I would describe these stories as an intellectually challenging Twilight Zone marathon, especially since some of the authors are scientists and engineers. The intriguing variety and amazing imaginations that have created these many ways to consider A. I. are astounding. Each story is a new world of possibilities-some frightening, some hopeful. This is definitely a collection to return to, just as so many people continue to watch reruns of that iconic TV show mentioned above. ( )
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us. As the intellectual feats of computing machines grow more and more astounding, will there be a day when their apparent intelligence approaches, or even surpasses, that of human beings? And what if these machines then become conscious, self-aware? In this latest title in the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, thirteen authors confront the question of the Singularity: at and beyond that point of time when A.I. becomes more than simply a human construct. From first awareness to omniscience, these original short stories explore that territory where human intelligence comes face-to-face with what is either its greatest hope, or its greatest threat. The A.I. Chronicles features stories by bestselling author David Simpson (the Post-Human series), Prix Aurora winner Julie Czerneda (In the Company of Others), Amazon Kindle Scout sensation Peter Cawdron (Anomaly) plus ten more of today's top authors in speculative and science fiction.
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