Il ciclo di vita degli oggetti software (Odissea. Fantascienza) (Italian Edition)
by:
Ted Chiang (author)
F. Lato (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B006MY7LPA
Publish date: December 4th 2011
Publisher: Delos Books
Pages no: 138
Edition language: English
[Subterranean Press has made this available for free online. As far as I can tell, the entire text is included, although the illustrations are not.] The Lifecycle of Software Objects is an exploration of what might happen if AIs capable of learning, and possessing an unknown level of potential, we...
What I've found out from reading the Foundation and Dune series recently is that science fiction is more about the ideas than the writing itself. Asimov created a fascinating universe, but his stories were lacking; Herbert created a brilliant universe of his own, steeped with religion, politics, an...
The two main characters are hired by Blue Gamma (I was reminded of Blue Ant) to help create "digients" - digital entities built on an animal (and then robot) frame. Instead of having programmed behaviors, these learn, and a good portion of the novella explores the impact of that learning.I was remin...
Another home run from Ted Chiang. Almost long enough to be a novel, this is a story about AI, "sentient software", virtual creatures and our responsibility toward them. The idea is that if we are going to play gods and create sentient beings (even virtual ones) we have a moral obligation to ensure t...
Flat...The story feels more like a series of interconnected short stories than a comprehensive whole. The ideas introduced at the front of the book get plenty of attention as Chiang depicts both their implementation and downstream effect but toward the end of the book there isn’t enough time for the...
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