Aaron Hertzmann on Mythryl: “Storytelling is, first and foremost, about people, and AI in fiction…”

Storytelling is, first and foremost, about people, and AI in fiction are typically modified people, not genuine explorations of a scientific concept. Viewers can identify with Data as a smart-but-naive nerd, with Terminator (in T2) as an emotionally-closed-off father figure, etc.

Andres Guadamuz@technollama.bsky.social

Why does AI in science fiction so often miss the mark? A few days ago there was an interesting post by Andrew Curran that got a lot of responses which was discussing why AI in science fiction often does not have the capabilities that AI already has in reality. I thoroughly agree with that take,…

technollama.co.ukWhy does AI in science fiction so often miss the mark?A few days ago there was an interesting post by Andrew Curran that got a lot of responses which was discussing why AI in science fiction often does not have the capabilities that AI already has in reality. I thoroughly agree with that take, but I think that there is much more going on in why AI in science fiction often feels wrong, and I think that it has to do with the reasons why we have artificial intelligence in media in the first place.

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