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, Philip Baringer, 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, Philip Baringer’s Deep Fake:
He entered the hideout and was greeted with, “That you, Stooge?”
Stooge blinked, then squinted. Coming from the bright, sunny outdoors, he couldn’t see much in the dimly lit room, but knew that voice very well.
“Yeah, it’s me,” he replied. “So, uh, Bugsy, do you think you could help me with—”
“Did you get it?”
Stooge sighed. “Yeah, I got it.”
With his eyes now adjusted, he could see Bugsy at the far end of the room, his back to him, staring intently at a computer monitor.
How the story came about:
This story was written during a writers’ workshop on the topic of AI. My creative writing background is mainly in sketch comedy and I imagine the reader will see how that comes into play here. Many thanks to Chris McKitterick and the other workshop participants who gave me valuable feedback on early drafts of this story.
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Philip Baringer is a retired physics professor and lifelong science fiction reader. |
See all The Rabbit Hole 8: AI and Other Weirdness stories here.
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