When the future feels too much, some of us stock on canned goods while others turn to books. Science fiction has long challenged how we think of technology and society, often acting as a warning to where we are going or as an inspiration to build new worlds. Gazette asked Harvard Faculty and staff all articles to give us their recommendations.
Karen Brennin
Professor of practice in Timethee E -Worth Professor Learning Technologies; Faculty affiliated, Computer Science, Harvard Pulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Faculty Co -Chair, Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology
‘Blind Light ‘
Peter Watts
“Like a lot of people, I’m thinking a lot about artificial intelligence,” BrainWho instructs Harvard Creative Computing Lab. Brennan recommends “Blind Light”, which follows the staff of the growing human beings who face alien intelligence, which seems to lack self -awareness but takes humans ahead of their ability.
“According to the growing troubled conversation with staff’s foreigners, Watts has invited us to counter this traumatic possibility – consciousness – an aspect of human intelligence that seems very important – in fact is a evolutionary obstacle, at this time the more powerful forms of the mentality are more likely to worry about what we think is more worried about.
Theo Anthony
Radcliffe Institute Millery Lunda Wes Main Fellow and Radcliff-Film Study Center Fellow
‘Solaris‘
Steanisla Lim
Artist and filmmaker Theo Anthony Recommended the 1961 Polish novel “Solaris”.
“A team of scientists travels to the planet of Solaris, a symbol of intelligence.
AMI DISCINS
Head of UX and Digital Leak in Harvard Library
‘The story of a rover’
Jasmine Warga
Deschenes Read a medium -sized novel, a medium -sized novel, about the journey to Mars Rover, from a 7 -year -old child. In the story, a rover named Reese, short for flexibility, only communicates with humans in the code, but is attracted to human emotions and experiences.
“My son talked about that some people feel that a machine is their friend or even their child is determined to do his work, but we know from the letters that with runs was wasted with Ronia with Rannia. For her mission she hopes she will remember her, and she will remember her.
“As the AI can’t even think about, it gave my son the opportunity to consider that it makes us a human being how to work for machines for friendship, and he will never replace real human relations.
Ursola Fredman
Co -Fellow in contemporary Chinese/Taiwan/Snowfone and Latin American literature, translation studies, comparative/world literature, media and acoustic studies
The Chinese government has censored most of the science fiction of novelist Han Song because of being “very dark”, but for Fredman, this is a part of it that makes his work great.
“The universe has been diagnosed with an incurable disease and has repeatedly begun to poetically wax and kill patients in the last attempt to treat itself.” Friedman Says “Yang Wei awakened himself to be found in a geographical ward, which is included in a hospital in a military ward under robot and AI humans.
“Exorcism” certainly feels like a guidance to prevent destruction in today’s world, that in the novel preparation and dramatic manner, although the universe explodes at any moment, it is a matter of looking at me about humanity, such as the current political and political rhetoric of the US, as the current political and political rhetoric. Have tried to eliminate the impression. The colorful roles in the peace box make their anesthesized bodies a combat zone with their own unacceptable pain, as well as in anger of war and death.
Jeff Savano
Business AI Ethics Leader at the Edmund & Lily Ambassador Center for Ethics
‘Farn Hyt 451’
Ray Bradbury
CivianoAn AI ethics, recommended Bradbury’s classic precautionary story about censorship, saying it works a sustainable reminder about control of power and information.
“In the novel, the books have been declared illegal, and access to knowledge has been systematically erased – not only through the Brutter Force, but also through a culture of disturbance and inactive consumption,” he said. “Bradbury’s novel has been strengthened through deep entertainment, which reduces his curiosity and critical thinking.
“This topic is especially important in the new era of AI, where we see what we read, and even the Bradbury’s world is suppressing so many people. Acquisition against technology prefers immediate satisfaction over a meaningful understanding.
