In 1909, Edward Morgan Forster published a story, “The Machine Stops,” which now seems astonishingly prescient. One does not normally associate E. M. Forster with science fiction: he is considered ...

QUESTION What was the first sci-fi novel to tackle the concept of artificial intelligence? AI first appeared in Samuel Butler's novel Erewhon (1872); however, E.M. Forster's short story The Machine ...

What happens to us if we no longer must strive and make an effort? This question is particularly relevant today, when ChatGPT can help us with, well, just about anything. It is a question explored in ...