{"id":4222,"date":"2026-01-21T18:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/?page_id=4222"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:44:20","slug":"ai-fiction-review-due-2-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iris.siue.edu\/hum230sp26\/ai-fiction-review-due-2-12\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Fiction Review (due 2\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Choose two pieces of fiction from the work below to read, watch, or listen to. Write a brief review that analyzes them both together. Your review shouldn\u2019t merely summarize the works \u2014 in fact, it should contain very little summary at all! Instead, your review should engage with the substance of the works. There are some guiding questions below, but feel free to incorporate other kinds of analysis as you see fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What assumptions do the creators make about the world, technology, and human beings?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What arguments are the creators making about the relationship between people and technology?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the vision of AI presented in the texts? (Again, you\u2019re analyzing rather than summarizing here! Don\u2019t just say what the AI does, say what those actions mean for the abilities, nature, and ethical weight of the AI.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do these fictional AIs relate to your experiences of and\/or understanding of the technologies branded as AI today?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re encouraged to incorporate various kinds of media into your review. In the case of a movie or tv show, that might include GIFs or clips; but you can be as creative as you\u2019d like here: memes, infographics, mind maps, audio, or anything else that helps you convey your ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your review should be a minimum of 300 words, posted to the class website as a blog post with the tag \u201cAI fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: There are a couple of tv episodes as options on this list. If you have access to them, feel free to choose them! If you don&#8217;t, you are more than welcome to choose any of the freely available fiction on this list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jorge Luis Borges, \u201cThe Library of Babel,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/politicalshakespeares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/2015\/12\/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdf\">https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/politicalshakespeares\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/2015\/12\/Borges-The-Library-of-Babel.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arthur C. Clarke, \u201cThe Nine Billion Names of God,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.winthrop.edu\/kosterj\/writ510\/readings\/The%20Nine%20Billion%20Names%20of%20God.pdf\">https:\/\/faculty.winthrop.edu\/kosterj\/writ510\/readings\/The%20Nine%20Billion%20Names%20of%20God.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E. Lily Yu, \u201cIn the Forests of Memory,\u201d\u00a0<em>Vice<\/em>, 25 November 2018,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/in-the-forests-of-memory\/\">https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/in-the-forests-of-memory\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italo Calvino, \u201cThe Burning of the Abominable House,\u201d 1977, from\u00a0<em>Numbers in the Dark<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruanyifeng.com\/calvino\/2008\/12\/the_burning_of_the_abominable_house_en.html\">https:\/\/www.ruanyifeng.com\/calvino\/2008\/12\/the_burning_of_the_abominable_house_en.html<\/a> [Mentions of violent crime and SA]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annalee Newitz, &#8220;When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis,&#8221; <em>Slate<\/em> 29 December 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2018\/12\/annalee-newitz-short-story-when-robot-and-crow-saved-east-st-louis.html\">https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2018\/12\/annalee-newitz-short-story-when-robot-and-crow-saved-east-st-louis.html<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ray Bradbury, &#8220;The Pedestrian,&#8221; <em>The Reporter<\/em>, 7 August 1951, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversidelocalschools.com\/Downloads\/pedestrian%20short%20story.pdf\">https:\/\/www.riversidelocalschools.com\/Downloads\/pedestrian%20short%20story.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katharine Duckett, &#8220;The Ones Who Look,&#8221; <em>Reactor Magazine<\/em>, 1 July 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/reactormag.com\/the-ones-who-look-katharine-duckett\/\">https:\/\/reactormag.com\/the-ones-who-look-katharine-duckett\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cat Rambo, &#8220;Red in Tooth and Cog,&#8221; <em>Escape<\/em> <em>Pod<\/em>, 21 December 2017 (story OR podcast episode), <a href=\"https:\/\/escapepod.org\/2017\/12\/21\/escape-pod-607-red-tooth-cog\/\">https:\/\/escapepod.org\/2017\/12\/21\/escape-pod-607-red-tooth-cog\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>, S1 Ep8 \u201cI Robot, You Jane\u201d [Hulu]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Star Trek: Strange New World<\/em>, S3 Ep4 &#8220;A Space Adventure Hour&#8221; [Paramount]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choose two pieces of fiction from the work below to read, watch, or listen to. 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