![]() The title may not draw you in at first, but it’s an indication of the ambition of this novel-to remind you, at every turn, that the internet can put together a more complete picture of your life than you might believe.īefore we meet anyone else in Catfishing on CatNet, we get a chapter narrated by the artificial intelligence, who says “my two favorite things to do with my time are helping people and looking at cat pictures.” It’s about artificial intelligence! And it’s by the author of the story “Cat Pictures, Please”! Also it’s fabulous I read it all at one sitting because it’s so well-written and so exciting. My curiosity piqued, I checked it out and then bought the book so I could read it before the author’s visit. And then last week someone at my local bookstore, Paragraphs, began talking about how good a recent YA novel is, Naomi Kritzer’s Catfishing on CatNet, and said that the author was scheduled to visit the bookstore. ![]() Then last year at ICFA I gave a presentation on artificial intelligence in three science fiction novels: Gnomon, Exit Strategy,and Autonomous. A few years ago, I read a delightful story at Clarkesworld entitled “Cat Pictures, Please,” about an artificial intelligence who helps people. ![]()
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