STET

STET is a breathtakingly good story by Sarah Gailey, told as much in the footnotes as the body text, about the implications of letting Artificial Intelligence loose on the public roads.

Which is more chilling?

10 - Read: 'Murder'. It was murder, the car had a choice, you can't choose to kill someone and call it manslaughter.

Or,

13 - Per Foote, the neural network training for cultural understanding of identity is collected via social media, keystroke analysis, and pupillary response to images. They're watching to see what's important to you. You are responsible.

Brrr…

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