Brilliant essay from @jolwalton.bsky.socialsfrareview.org/2024/01/26/m...

Machine Learning in Contemporary Science Fiction

⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 54 no. 1 Features download Machine Learning in Contemporary Science Fiction Jo Lindsay Walton “To suggest that we democratize AI to reduce asymmetries of power is a little like arg...

What sets this essay apart is its focus on the specific, technical underpinnings of ML as well as its material harms. Contemporary SF often depicts ML using twee anthropomorphisms or as all-powerful, omniscient entities—but has been curiously reluctant to engage with what ML actually *is*. 2/