Autonomous Decisions – Maria Keet (eBook)

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Science Fiction Anthology

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Autonomous Decisions: Computing Quandaries In Short Fiction

A collection of short stories looking at just who dominates our interactions with computer software.

Who has, takes, or relinquishes control of computing software? The users, the corporations, the programmers, the state, or the algorithms and applications themselves? This short story collection explores the dynamics of who, or what, dominates—or perhaps ought to dominate—in our interactions with such technologies.

Car crash survivor Lubanzi in Claremont tries to get his new care robot to serve him more wine. An oncologist in a hospital in Athlone discovers that a donated radiation machine has a bug. Neev’s digital retinal implant becomes uncontrollable. An AI home assistant snitches on daughter dearest smoking marijuana in her bedroom. An honest, hard-working student from Khayelitsha tries not to succumb to the dubious social credit app at his university.

Delve into the moral quandaries and flagrant violations of fictionalised current cases and scenarios in information technology as well as past transgressions, explored in ten short stories situated in South Africa and elsewhere in the 21st century.

Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Pages: 196 Publisher: The KREST House

ISBN: 978-0-7961-9537-1

Format: PDF

Year of Release: 2024