Katherine Parrish

when I started to learn about LLMs and how they worked, I immediately thought of this scene in Caprica (2010), one of the prequels to Battlestar Gallactica, where the “more than an avatar,” Zoe Greystone, explains to her father how his daughter created her.

I’m fond of stories about these emergent/aggregate AIs, where the whole is definitely greater than the sum of its part: Echo, in Dollhouse (2009); Dolores and Maeve in Westworld (2016). They feel so plausible.

All of these AIs are also embodied. In fact, in Caprica, the AI’s code only functions in this higher way when downloaded into one, specific physical body.

What are your favourite stories about AI, in film, in literature, in video games, etc… ?