AI and the Novel
Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts present a special programme from the London Literary Festival discussing depictions of AI in fiction – and what AI might mean for fiction.
Elizabeth Day and Johny Pitts present a special edition of the programme exploring AI and the novel.
Recorded at the Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival; novelists Naomi Alderman, Adam Thirlwell and Julianne Pachico join Elizabeth and Johny on stage to discuss depictions of AI in their fiction – and what AI might mean for fiction.
Naomi Alderman’s new novel, The Future, is the tale of a daring heist hatched in the hope of saving the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. Adam Thirlwell’s The Future, Future takes us from the salacious gossip of pre-revolutionary Paris to a utopian lunar commune, and Julianne Pachico tells the story of a young girl raised by artificial intelligence in her novel Jungle House.
Sound Engineers: Emma Harth and Duncan Hannet
Producer: Kirsten Locke
Book List – Sunday 29 October and Thursday 2 November
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Future Future by Adam Thirlwell
Jungle House by Julianne Pachico
The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Ulysses by James Joyce
A Mote in the Middle Distance: A Parody of Henry James by Max Beerbohm
The Inheritors by William Golding
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