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The Lifecycle of Software Objects
by Ted Chiang
Ana takes a job working for a company that’s creating digients, digital creatures that are like pets but with a higher intelligence. While they were originally created just as companion pets within virtual spaces, but it becomes obvious over time that with enough interaction and training that they can be more independent. But with upgrades in the digital world and obsolescence from companies going out of business or software no longer being supported, this creates difficulties for the digients to grow and thrive. Over time, those with digients must decide what they really want for them, and how much independence they want to give them.
This was an interesting novella that explores artificial intelligence, and how it might arise out of something that wasn’t intentional. It looks at how A.I. might be different from what people expect A.I. to be, at how it can be affected by upgrades in computer systems or by systems becoming obsolete, and at what an A.I.’s relationship with people might actually be like. It also looks at how much of the intelligence will be programmed and how much will come from direct interactions and experiences.
This novella was also included in “Exhalation.”
This was an interesting novella that explores artificial intelligence, and how it might arise out of something that wasn’t intentional. It looks at how A.I. might be different from what people expect A.I. to be, at how it can be affected by upgrades in computer systems or by systems becoming obsolete, and at what an A.I.’s relationship with people might actually be like. It also looks at how much of the intelligence will be programmed and how much will come from direct interactions and experiences.
This novella was also included in “Exhalation.”