Dr. Mark Schenker: A Closed and Common Orbit on Monday, October 17th @ 7:00 PM via Zoom
As part of the Ridgefield Library's scholarly series AI: Ready or Not, Dr. Mark Schenker, Yale College Dean Emeritus, is presenting a series of online lectures on AI in literature.
On Monday, October 17th at 7:00 PM, Dr. Schenker will discuss A Closed and Common Orbit by Beck Chambers, via Zoom. Becky Chambers has won two Hugo awards for her science fiction. Feel free to bring your questions or comments!
Description of A Closed and Common Orbit: Lovelace was once merely a spaceship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in a new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has no memory of what came before. As Lovelace learns to negotiate the universe and discover who she is, she makes friends with Pepper, an excitable engineer, who’s determined to help her learn and grow.
Next up on Monday, October 30th, Dr. Schenker discusses the dystopian science fiction novel Klara and the Sun by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro.
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