In dystopian fiction, the authorities rarely take sensible steps to avoid society spiralling towards disaster. The landmark social media ban for under 16s may or may not have the desired effect, but any escape from our performance society is desirable.
A couple of weeks ago I was kindly invited by talks organiser Altered State to join a panel on Artificial Intelligence (AI), considering whether it is “the end of the world as we know it”. I took the opportunity to brush up on my AI knowledge.
James Smythe’s dystopian novel I Still Dream, is also about an artificial intelligence, and deals with many of the same themes as Everything About You. Thus it was no problem launching into a lively and in-depth AI debate when I joined him in London – along with Rachel Heng, author of Suicide Club – at…
