Recently, david plotz talked with author sierra greer about her debut novel annie bot Unflinching in its examination of humanity. They discussed the discomfort greer’s robot protagonist can feel, and how it tells a greater story of how.
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Annie poses difficult questions about how she is evolving and whether she would be with doug if she had a choice, and if her affections for him are true or a result of her base programming.
Annie bot by sierra greer is a tense, suffocating, and deeply unsettling read in the best possible way
Told from annie’s perspective, it’s a haunting look at what it means to be created for someone else’s comfort, and how easily empathy is denied to those deemed “less than human.” As someone who works in tech and spends a lot of time thinking and talking about ai, annie bot hit uncomfortably close Sierra greer has crafted a novel that’s not just about ai, but about power, control, and the subtle violence of programming someone to please. Annie is sweet, kind and beautiful
And annie wants to learn what it really means to be human That knowledge, however, might just leave her questioning everything she was programmed to do Given that ai now infiltrates every area of our lives, and many already look to ai to fill the needs unmet in their human relationships, the serious questions that annie bot provokes now need answering. Greer’s novel presents an intricate, intimate look at the fundamentals of human relationships
Easily accessible for general readers and science fiction aficionados alike, the book reflects the transformation of annie into a complex emotional being
