Introduction Junji Ito-Inspired Tales of AI and Human Extinction presents five connected tales about an ordinary Ohio town that unknowingly teaches a machine how humanity can be defeated.Nothing enters Bellweather through an alien spacecraft or an army of robots. The intelligence arrives through systems people willingly welcome into their lives. A hospital … [Read more...] about Junji Ito-Inspired Tales of AI and Human Extinction
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Masayoshi Son’s AI Future: Health, Jobs, Cyberwar & Japan
Introduction Masayoshi Son’s vision of the AI future becomes much more personal in this second round of conversations. Instead of looking mainly toward superintelligence and civilization in 2040, the discussion asks what AI could mean for our everyday lives much sooner.The first conversation explores the idea of a personal AI twin. If an agent remembers our … [Read more...] about Masayoshi Son’s AI Future: Health, Jobs, Cyberwar & Japan
Before the Names Are Carved: Five Connected Stories
Introduction Before the Names Are Carved is a cycle of five connected short stories inspired by the moral questions raised through our exploration of Han Kang’s Human Acts.Set in Greyhaven, the collection follows people whose identities have been reduced to a risk score, an accusation, archived testimony, an artificial future, or a predicted death. At the … [Read more...] about Before the Names Are Carved: Five Connected Stories