Paranoid Fish commented on DAVE by Raphaela Edelbauer
Keine ganz leichte Lektüre, aber beim zweiten Mal lesen wird ein manches klarer. Unglaublich spannend ist es auch.
#Science-Fiction #KI #künstlicheintelligenz #Österreich #Empfehlung
#science-fiction
See tagged statuses in the local BookWyrm.World community
Paranoid Fish commented on DAVE by Raphaela Edelbauer
Zum zweiten Mal. Es lohnt sich immer, die Bücher von Raphaela Edelbauer mehrmals zu lesen.
#Science-Fiction #KI #künstlicheintelligenz #Österreich #Empfehlung
Paranoid Fish reviewed The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
There are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the locals, they're monsters. To …
Octopuses and artificial intelligence in a dystopian society
4 stars
The Mountain in the Sea, set in a not-too-distant future, has several major subjects: the most important is intelligence, in particular an intelligence fundamentally different from ours, that of the octopus. In the novel, a population of octopuses living in an isolated archipelago has developed tool-making, language and even writing. Another main subject is artificial intelligence, for example an advanced android who seems to be fully conscious, but also simpler LLM-like AIs, like fully automated fishing boats; this brings us to another major subject, which is the depiction of a dystopian late-stage capitalism society. Machines are too expensive, so the the AI-vessels also keep some human slaves aboard those fishing boats to do the hard work. The novel is an easy read, a page-turner with some sci-fi action, but it also contains some deeper thoughts about society, AI, and how we can connect with other lifeforms. I liked it.
…
The Mountain in the Sea, set in a not-too-distant future, has several major subjects: the most important is intelligence, in particular an intelligence fundamentally different from ours, that of the octopus. In the novel, a population of octopuses living in an isolated archipelago has developed tool-making, language and even writing. Another main subject is artificial intelligence, for example an advanced android who seems to be fully conscious, but also simpler LLM-like AIs, like fully automated fishing boats; this brings us to another major subject, which is the depiction of a dystopian late-stage capitalism society. Machines are too expensive, so the the AI-vessels also keep some human slaves aboard those fishing boats to do the hard work. The novel is an easy read, a page-turner with some sci-fi action, but it also contains some deeper thoughts about society, AI, and how we can connect with other lifeforms. I liked it.
(written without AI by a non-native speaker, any awkward formulations are mine) #science-fiction #sc-fi