What happens when AI takes over the creative process?Discussion about, and the use of artificial intelligence has exploded across the globe. Some programmers have already speculated that they are witnessing the birth of 'general' intelligence in ai which would be a game changer and decades before it was originally anticipated.
Is this the next step, from robots taking over tedious repetitive tasks in factories to now taking over creative ventures as well?
Here are stories that explore the relationship between artificial intelligence and art, written by top science fiction authors from across the globe. Read the tales of robot painters, AI poets, and electronic gallery curators; dystopias where human artists must eke out an existence in societies where AI generates most of the content, and utopias where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.
This collection features a truly global perspective from top authors from USA, UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Madagascar, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, and Sri Lanka.
About the Author:
Alex Shvartsman is a writer,
translator, game designer, and anthologist. His adventures so far have included
traveling to over 30 countries, playing a card game for a living, and building
a successful business.
Over 120 of his short stories have
appeared in Analog, Nature, Strange Horizons, Fireside, Weird Tales,
Galaxy's Edge, and many other venues. He won the WSFA Small Press
Award for Short Fiction in 2014 and was a two-time finalist (2015 &
2017) for the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Fiction. His
political fantasy novel Eridani's Crown was published in
2019.
Alex's translations from Russian have appeared in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Clarkesworld,
Asimov's, Apex, Strange Horizons, and other
venues.
He's the editor of the Unidentified Funny
Objects series of humorous SF/F, as well as a variety of other
anthologies, including The Cackle of Cthulhu (Baen),
Humanity 2.0 (Arc Manor), and Funny Science
Fiction (UFO). He's the editor and publisher of Future
Science Fiction Digest, a magazine that focuses on international
fiction.
Alex has resided in Brooklyn, NY for over 30 years.
