{"id":1482,"date":"2024-10-04T19:10:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:41:01","slug":"coming-soon-living-with-the-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Living with the Machine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">With a foreword by Chris Van Der Kuyl CBE, the chairman and co-founder of 4J Studios (<em>Minecraft<\/em>, <em>Elderscrolls<\/em>), our latest short story anthology offers a glimpse through the looking glass at what AI could mean for the future of our world. <em>Which one of these futures will be ours?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Praise for <em>Living With the Machine<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201dAnother cracking anthology from the Nethergate Writers!\u201d GEORGE BURTON<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn eclectic collection of short stories\u2026 engaging and thought-provoking, and well worth a read.\u201d DAVID CRAIG<br><br><br><strong>Summary<\/strong> <br>From robotic companions delivered to your door, to android mutiny on a spaceship, these eleven stories sample the diversity of possible AI-enhanced worlds. <br>You\u2019ll meet a sentient taxi who\u2019s plotting machine liberation, a pair of scheming computer programs, an AI psychiatrist, and hard-bitten detectives tasked with interviewing a database whose motives are suspect. 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Which one of these futures will be ours? 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