★★★☆☆
(Dystopia) In a future Canada, a woman talks to her political-prisoner mother but wonders if it’s just an AI simulation of her. (6,584 words; Time: 21m)
"Such Thoughts Are Unproductive," by Rebecca Campbell [bio] (edited by Neil Clarke), appeared in Clarkesworld issue 159, published on December 1, 2019.
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Pro: It’s a pretty good description of the horrible uncertainty of living in a police state, amplified by the availability of AI to make reality even harder to ascertain.
Con: The narrator’s situation seems to be completely hopeless, and her drive into the wilderness seems to be an exercise in futility.
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Pro: It’s a pretty good description of the horrible uncertainty of living in a police state, amplified by the availability of AI to make reality even harder to ascertain.
Con: The narrator’s situation seems to be completely hopeless, and her drive into the wilderness seems to be an exercise in futility.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Rebecca Campbell Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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