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It’s become fashionable for anyone claiming to be a sci-fi fan to declare they’ve “Gotten beyond all that” neon and rain-soaked alleyways of cyberpunk dystopias. ‘Ugh, you could never pay me to relocate there,’ they groan and roll their eyes at yet more shadowy megacity business where everyone is accredited by some multi-corp every which way-from-SkyNet in the event of Twitter fraud. And yet, if we are truly honest with ourselves… at the end of…

Which brings us round to sci-fi, a genre that should really come into its own when it comes ot imagining where technology might take us. Indeed, it has the somewhat infamous reputation of having a bit of wild and harebrained ideas that most wrote off as near-impossible. Yet…

Thinking about how artificial intelligence has transformed in modern society evokes feelings of fear and absolute wonder. Any depiction of AI in films, literature, and other stories portrays skepticism, hope, and ethical nuances that society has towards technology. This journey of mine involves stories and movies, starting with…

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