3.5
Nine Billion Turing Tests
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In a post-nuclear event Silicon Valley, a man grieving the loss of his wife struggles to find comfort when he is forced to communicate with his neighbors’ AI devices, rather than the people themselves.
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3.5
“Okay let's be honest, this story was a pain mainly because I hate Gen-AI and what's it's becoming in our societies. But also because the narration was.. Hm I don't know. Lacking I guess. Too much dialogue, too little context, too many moments when Manu took too much space and didn't let the reader understand what's going on. It's overwhelming and not in a good way.”
“This was a pretty poignant short story about griefing the loss of loved ones while also working through societies integration with AI-controlled robots that came together in a really touching way. The main character was exactly as I would picture a grief-stricken widower and the author was able to relay quite a bit of emotional depth in a short amount of pages.”
About Chris Willrich
Chris Willrich is best known for his “Gaunt and Bone” fantasy stories, which includes the novel The Scroll of Years and its sequels, and for his stories about the black cat Shadowdrop set in the same world. Chris’ recent work includes “Hausferatu” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #384, “The Second Labyrinth” in Asimov’s, and “Runefall” in the anthology Tales from Stolki’s Hall, edited by Lou Anders. His story “The Odyssey Problem” (Clarkesworld) appeared in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023, edited by R.F. Kuang. Chris has been a harbor cruise deckhand and a newspaper copy editor, but his favorite “day job” has been as a librarian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.
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