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Ken Liu: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

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Is Sci-Fi Really Good at Predicting the Future?

The value of sci-fi as a genre really isn't in predicting the future it's about illuminating aspects of reality that real is literature often is blind to. We've been cyborgs for millennia and sci-fi is a genre that recognized the cyborg nature of humanity and tries to elevate technology into a core part of humanity.

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