Beyond Reality discussion

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is certainly in the news. What are your favorite or least favorite books that involve AI?

Name: Skippy the Magnificent
Rank: Asshole First Class
Catch Phrase: Trust the awesomeness
Source: Expeditionary Force series

"I swear, when I find the cat video that broke my poor little submind . . . "
"its not the cat's fault Skippy"
"You sure about that?"
"Absolutely. This is the internet you're talking about, right? Come on, the odds are it had to be a porn video"

Mosscap, the robot in A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

And a more menacing AI, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke.

Lovey, the AI in The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, also Becky Chambers.

Lots of AI-related issues in Fool's War by Sarah Zettel.

And we can't forget Marvin, the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

We'll encounter some pretty fascinating AI in the Hyperion series.

Lieutenant Data of Star Trek!

Here are a few of my favorites that involve an AI character.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. The classic that posses the three laws of robotics.
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Breq was once part of a larger AI. Can they regain what they lost?
All Systems Red by Martha Wells. Gotta love the Murderbot trying to deal with humans while they only want to watch trashy soaps again and again.
Translation State by Ann Leckie. Qyen is something different, wanting to find their place in the universe.

Gary wrote: "Here are a few of my favorites that involve an AI character.
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. The classic that posses the three laws of robotics.
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I liked all the Robot books back when I read them.

Gary wrote: "Gotta love the Murderbot trying to deal with humans."

I’ve only read the first Murderbot book but I loved it. Got to get to the rest of them…

Of course, Murderbot! I knew I was missing someone.

Murderbots will be on Apple TV+ in May (10 episodes)... I bought the first book for my nephew. Hoping he picks it up after the release of the new Hunger Games book this month.

Is Murderbot an AI? It has a human brain.

Shel wrote: "And we can't forget Marvin, the Paranoid Android"

Oh, and Eddie, the ship board computer. :)

Random wrote: "Is Murderbot an AI? It has a human brain."

Now there’s a question worth pondering: if you use biological parts can you still be an AI? I would say yes, if we are talking a sentient AI that was created through manipulation and programming?

Gibson's first set of booksThe Complete Sprawl Trilogy: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive