I am a big fan of The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells and was super excited to read the latest in the series, Platform Decay. Wells does a great job of continuing Murderbot's growth arc. He continues to mature emotionally and in how to be in relationships. This book brings back some previous characters in creative ways. I like this type of sci-fi because it is emotionally intelligent and also anticipates not-far-fetched ideas like augmented humans, dangerously greedy corporations, and AI. I attended a conference on Artificial Intelligence, and sessions on different fields--education, counseling, and church life--were among the sessions. One of the speakers commented that people want AI to be more humanlike with sentience and feelings, and people to be more robot-like. It gave me pause that one of the things I like best about Murderbot is how he becomes more tolerant and aware of himself and others.
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Because of events beyond my control, I didn't do much reading this week. I am anticipating the latest Dungeon Crawler Carl book that will be available soon.
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