I asked fellow The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness anthology contributors to share some things about themselves prior to publication and those generous enough to do so will be appearing here over the next few week.
Each entry gives a taste of their contribution, a little about them, how to contact them, how their story came about, and definitely a link to The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness (which you should purchase because it would make each and every one of us happy.
you do want to make us happy, don’t you?
i mean, considering what we wrote, you want us to know you’re a good person, right?).
About the anthology from Tom Wolosz, Editor
We wonder what AI is. LLM — Large Language Model. — another word for Black Box. What’s in it? Who knows, not even the programmers. Is it a dumb servant that just answers questions at faster than light speed, or is it an artificial mind, a being trapped in cyberspace? And if the latter, is it a loving servant, a future companion, or something sinister which secretly hates its inferior creator? Twenty-four writers give you their diverse takes on this mysterious entity now joining us. And, of course, we can’t overlook the normal weirdness which haunts our dreams. So twelve writers contribute their visions of normal(?), everyday weirdness. Making for thirty-six unique trips down The Rabbit Hole.
Stories by Christopher Graves, Justin Case, Phil Baringer, Helen Speirs, A. J. Litchfield, Fendy Satria Tulodo, Anthony Regolino, Doug Stoiber, Sean MacKendrick, Eric J. Juneau, James Rumpel, Mbekezeli Wishes Moyo, J Benjamin Sanders Jr., Fariel Shafee, H. Donovan Lyón, Annie Percik, Bret Nelson, Soramimi Hanarejima, Ken Foxe, John Kaniecki, Kevin Lee Smith, Joseph Carrabis, Dave Hangman, GD Deckard, Ashley Taylor, Gina Easton, Andria Kennedy, Catherine Durkin Robinson, E. J. LeRoy, Maryanne Chappell, Jeremy A Wall, David Newkirk, and Tom Wolosz
And now, Soramimi Hanarejima’s One Man’s Tech Support is Another’s Training Data:
“Let’s conclude today’s session with an exercise that applies what we’ve covered,” the professor says. “As we listen to this recording, notice how each party reacts to the other.”
The students sitting around the table ready fingertips on keyboards and pens over notepads. A moment later, the little seminar room fills with a cheery voice.
Hi! What can I help you with?
The Office Friends’ Great Bake Off isn’t as funny as usual. And for a sitcom with a LOLx2 rating, it’s not as entertaining as it should be.
How the story came about:
With AI becoming more prevalent in our society, I wondered what it might be like to seek tech support from an AI for a show made by an AI.
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Soramimi Hanarejima is the author of the neuropunk story collection Literary Devices For Coping. Soramimi’s recent work appears in Pulp Literature, The Offing, Black Warrior Review, and The Cincinnati Review. You can reach him at his website |
See all The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness stories here.
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