(Hard SF) AIs are too expensive to discard, even after a major disaster, but how do you fix one that seems to have gone crazy? (2,846 words; Time: 09m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Straight Lines," by Naru Dames Sundar [bio] (edited by Mur Lafferty), appeared in Mothership Zeta issue 3, published on May 2, 2016 by Escape Artists Inc.
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Pro: The story is about "fixing" the AI, or, more accurately, teaching it how to function despite its obsessive-compulsive problem. The author generates a reasonable amount of tension by doling out information a little at a time. The ending is satisfying.
Con: It's very hard to believe that anything like human therapy would work with an AI. It's also hard to believe that the people building them would agree to anything resembling doctor/patient confidentiality.
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Con: It's very hard to believe that anything like human therapy would work with an AI. It's also hard to believe that the people building them would agree to anything resembling doctor/patient confidentiality.
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