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ChatGPT - Friend or Foe?

I'm a little late to the game with ChatGPT but my friend was telling me about its awesome power recently. He described it as the next revolution in human ingenuity. For those not familiar with it, it's an AI chat bot where you can type anything into it - ask it questions, get recommendations, have it write code, etc. - and it will answer you back, remember your conversations, and use context to give you better answers. I'm sure I'm oversimplifying it (because I don't understand it fully) but you get the idea. Of course, my next thought was, "This is the beginning of the end." How could I not when there are so many great dystopian stories about machines taking over! Or maybe I'm wrong and this will be the dawning of a new golden age! Only time will tell. Here's a list of stories about AI taking over and some where we learn to live with AI.

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  • This series has a loveable robot called Murderbot who likes to watch TV.
    Book, 2017New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2017.
  • It's not all doom and gloom! Maybe we can find better love with our AI companions ;)
    eBook, 2020Alyssa Cole, 2020
  • The future is looking good for South Africa - renewable energy, helpful robot companions, a booming economy. That's only if you ignore the AI uprising, the new hallucinogenic drug, and the return of an ancient demigoddess!
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
  • You can't have a list about robots taking over the world and not have The Matrix on it!
    DVD, 2016Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. : Warner Home Video, [2016]
  • In the face of a looming robot revolution, one robotic tiger decides to stand by his human
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
  • What if AI takes over the afterlife!?
    Book, 2021New York : Simon Pulse, 2021.
  • The real horror here is the environmental destruction left behind by humans!
    DVD, 2008[Burbank, California] : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2008.
  • Machines Like Me

    and People Like You

    McEwan, Ian
    In an alternate 1980s London, a love triangle forms between two people and a synthetic human.
    Book, 2019New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]
  • Robots and religion - made me think of Battlestar Galactica
    eBook, 2012Pyr, 2012
  • Once a war hero robot and now stuck behind a desk at an office job. Can robots have mid-life crises?
    Downloadable Graphic Novel, 2015IDW Publishing, 2015
  • When robots raise artificially created humans, you're going to need a Mother Code
    Book, 2020New York : Berkley, 2020.
  • A more philosophical novel about the relationship between humans and computers and the need to communicate.
    eBook, 2015HarperCollins, 2015
  • Binge Box:

    Technology Gone Wrong

    This collection has several classic movies to prepare you for the robopocalypse
    DVD, 2021[United States] : Binge Box, [2021]