Author Julie Gilbert Discusses the Writing of Her New Book ‘Giant Love’
Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
Life writing is a genre conventionally reserved for only the perspective of and the life of human beings. The genre is a form of self-expression that is exclusively accessible to humans. In the age of the Anthropocene where humans have had a significant impact on the planet and still have, the restriction of life writing for only human life is not sufficient enough and seems an outdated way of thinking. Man-made disruptions during the Anthropocene are not just geographical footprints like species extinction and climate change but also artificial intelligence (AI). The story of artificial intelligence on planet Earth has only begun, yet the technology is already seen as the future, and businesses transnationally are investing in it. AI has been used for several years to predict consumer behavior and influence consumer choice and is already transforming how the world works and how people navigate the world. As AI continues to advance and become more and more integrated with people’s day-to-day lives, it also becomes more apparent in popular culture. Films like ‘ Ex Machina ’, ‘ Bicentennial Man’ , or newer ones like ‘ AI Love You ’ or ‘ JUNG_E ’ all include portrayals of artificial intelligence. Popular culture and science fiction illustrate the endless possibilities of AI. AI has become a basic feature to characterize the robot in the story as ‘The Other’ (Cave et al., 2018). Characteristics usually ascribed to AI are violent and destructive motives or extreme social abilities due to technological advancement (Oliveira & Yadollahi, 2023). But while AI stories often unfold against the background of technological development, the social issues don’t necessarily have anything to do with technology (Hermann, 2023). As the age of artificial intelligence has received its own name – the Algorithmocene (Lee, 2020) – Isn’t it time to open up the genre of life writing to artificial intelligence? To provide a more nuanced and alternative perception of AI, and let AI stories unfold with their own social issues. In the book ‘Klara and The Sun ’ Kazuo Ishiguro enables a more nuanced and in-depth portrayal of the life of […]
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Julie Gilbert Today, we delve into the enduring relevance of the themes explored by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Edna Ferber
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