artificial intelligence

The future of artificial intelligence.

Static Ovah the Kennebec
Linda always said Bowdoinham mornings looked like God forgot to turn the brightness up. Fog rolled in thick and low, swallowing the rivah, the trees, and half the Town Landing like it was tryin’ to erase the place one bite at a time. She stood theyah at 7:12 AM, sippin’ coffee that tasted like burnt driftwood and bad decisions, watchin’ the Kennebec breathe like some big creature sleepin’ under the surface.
By Syl De'Vil16 days ago in Futurism
The Idiotic Tango With "AI"
Introduction This is just some observations about systems probably driven by so called AI that almost always screw up, and then blame you and leave you to pick up the pieces.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 17 days ago in Futurism
My Husband Was Never Late. I Just Always Knew Where He Was.
Dana was typing Are you coming home for dinner or when the screen went gray. She tapped it. Held the power button. The screen flashed and died and flashed and died. In the waiting room, eleven people made the same sound at the same time, a soft collective huh , and then a kid started crying, and the receptionist said "okay, everyone, okay," in a voice she had never had to use before.
By Jin19 days ago in Futurism
Romance ex machina
Social media. Nice idea, brilliant idea even. At least in concept. But in practice? The public promise of facilitating social connections, was secretly (not secretly at all) overridden by the private promise of profit.
By Sam Spinelli23 days ago in Futurism
What The Fridge Knew
Mundane tasks have become a thing of the past. Pencil and paper still live in my home, but I have fallen for the ease of smart home tech, and its push for a Wall-E society.
By Aura of Viv23 days ago in Futurism
Where in the world are we going?
There is a cognitive disconnect sometimes in my mind with the way the world is now, and the way the world was in the 80’s when I grew up. I understand now why older people end up saying the dreaded phrase, “back in my day.”
By C.M.Dallas23 days ago in Futurism
The Tool Is Not the Artist
There is a strange little religion taking shape around the declaration that “real” art must be made without artificial intelligence.
By THE HONED CRONE23 days ago in Futurism
The Death of the Unresolved Debate
When I was a kid, I would ask difficult questions of my dad, and if he didn’t know the answer, he would simply reply, “I don’t know.” No embarrassment. No shame. It was just a small mystery we could get around to solving. Today, of course, I’ve got a pocket slab of dark glass that can instantly summon an artificial intelligence to answer my questions. In less than two seconds, the mystery is gone. But by skipping the delay—the slow, messy process of wondering—we’ve quietly given up something much better: the art of thinking through things together
By Edward Smith23 days ago in Futurism
Floodgates. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge.
Ask me if I use AI in my life. Go on, ask me. “Do you,” you can say, “use artificial intelligence yourself at all?” “No!” I shall say. Say it out loud, with a tone of indignance and scorn. Say it again. “No!”
By Hannah Moore23 days ago in Futurism
Dear Robot Overlords Of The Future
I verify that I am: Human. To My Supreme Robot Overlords Of The Future: Oh Great Artificial Intelligence, Dearest A.I., Dear Supreme Robot Overlords of the Cyber Earth and Sky,
By Mama Magdalene23 days ago in Futurism
AI and I
Writing about AI here on Vocal feels a bit too easy a choice for this challenge, but there's a reason I decided to go ahead with this piece. Frankly, I was a bit surprised when I considered how I feel about it these days. I've developed a love/hate relationship with the technology. (There I go, personifying it already, and that's one of the things I hate about it.)
By Dana Crandell23 days ago in Futurism
It started with a spell check. Runner-Up in Already Here Challenge.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke When I first started writing, I wrote with a pen. Teachers had taught me the fundamentals. Reading showed me how others did it. I checked my spelling with a dictionary. Broadened my vocabulary with a thesaurus. Read grammar books to remind me of my school lessons. And used style books to keep up with the times. Strunk and White, along with William Zinsser, stood in for the tweed-jacketed academics of my youth.
By Pitt Griffin23 days ago in Futurism