
Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs<br/><br/>Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of technology. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - Deborah Serra Abrama’s End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their play-space to visit, and is forced to fight across realities when she discovers their plan to shut it down. The Formula: A group of boys get into a car crash and an AI algorithm is forced to decide who lives and dies. Give The Robot The Impossible Job!: An AI tutor faces deactivation if she cannot prove her worth by saving a teenage pupil with an "unsolvable" problem - she's a budding serial killer. Sow: A pilot is tasked with "seeding" a distant planet with the codes to give rise to future humans, at the expense of the planet's natural evolutionary process. Cicada: Dr. Zhang invents teleportation but refuses to share it with the world. The Things We Give: Martha sells years off the end of her life to help her mother and make ends meet. Two-Percenters: A new treatment may allow 98% of the people to be genetically enhanced, but at the expense of the 2% who already are. The Empathery: Various family members try out new bodies to learn empathy and teambuilding. Cost Of Human Life: AI software designed to more efficiently run the railroad system runs into a programming issue.<br/><br/>Reviews <br/>“With Science fiction we can explore other galaxies and alien conflicts, but with philosophical fiction we can explore other minds and ethical conflicts. Let this book take you on a Phi-Fi adventure.”<br/>— William Irwin, Ph.D. - Philosophy Professor, King's College<br/><br/>“After Dinner Conversation has taken up the initiative to write themed collections of short stories that fit focused ethics courses – say, a course on bioethics, AI ethics, Tech et
Page Count:
152
Publication Date:
2024-01-21
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