Sci-fi author\, journalist\, and activist Cory Doctorow\, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Ken Liu\, and New York Times \;bestselling author Martha Wells join us to speculat e about AI.
\nJoin us for a virtual panel discussion featuring three best selling science fiction writers\, Cory Doctorow\, Ken Liu\, and Mart ha Wells. They will discuss the promise\, perils\, and possible impacts th at AI will have on our future\, as well as AI in contemporary and future s cience fiction writing. Signup required.
\nRegister for this free Zoom event by using this link: \;https://bit.ly/ILP_DoctorowLiuWells
\nCo ry Doctorow (craphound.com) is a scie nce fiction author\, activist\, and journalist. He is the author of many b ooks\, most recently \;The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation\, a Big Tech disassembly manual\; \;Red Team Blu es\, a science fiction crime thriller\; \;Chokepoint Capitali sm\, nonfiction about monopoly and creative labor markets\; the L ittle Brother series for young adults\; \;In Real Life\, \;a graphic novel\; and the picture book \;Poesy the Monster Slayer. In 2020\, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction a nd Fantasy Hall of Fame.
\nKen Liu (h ttp://kenliu.name) is an American author of speculative fiction. A win ner of the Nebula\, Hugo\, and World Fantasy awards\, he wrote the \;< em>Dandelion Dynasty\, a silkpunk epic fantasy series (starting with& nbsp\;The Grace of Kings)\, as well as short story collections \;T he Paper Menagerie and Other Stories \;and \;The Hidden G irl and Other Stories. He also penned the Star Wars novel \;T he Legends of Luke Skywalker. Prior to becoming a full-time writer\, Liu worked as a software engineer\, corporate lawyer\, and litigation cons ultant. Liu frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics\, including futurism\, machine-augmented creativity\, history o f technology\, bookmaking\, and the mathematics of origami.
\nMartha Wells (marthawells.com) has be en an SF/F writer since her first fantasy novel was published in 1993\, an d her work includes \;The Books of the Raksura \;series\, the \;Ile-Rien \;series\, \;The Murderbot Diarie s \;series\, and other fantasy novels\, most recently \;W itch King \;(Tordotcom\, 2023). She has also written media tie-in fiction for \;Star Wars\, \;Stargate: Atlantis\, and&nbs p\;Magic: the Gathering\, as well as short fiction\, YA novels\, and non-fiction. She has won Nebula Awards\, Hugo Awards\, and Locus Award s\, and her work has appeared on the Philip K. Dick Award ballot\, the BSF A Award ballot\, the \;USA Today \;Bestseller List\, the \;Sun day Times \;Bestseller List\, and the \;New York Times \;Bests eller List. She is a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame\, and her b ooks have been published in twenty-five languages. \;
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