Margret Atwood in The Atlantic feeld Murdered by her Replica and compares the AI-copyright situation to the scifi-horror-classic The Stepford Wifes: "In that 1975 horror film, the human wives of Stepford, Connecticut, are having their identities copied and transferred to robotic replicas of themselves, minus any contrariness that their husbands fin... See more

While I'm sympathetic to many already struggling creators who will find fewer commissions and opportunities, I also think the genie is out of the lamp on this one. While there are probably some legal, technological, and social mechanisms to slow the use of these tools—I've heard of calls to boycott AI generated art—we cannot stop their widespread u

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Today, too, futurology is dominated by highly educated white males and reflects their worldviews (though recent science fiction has also been a powerful outlet for feminists). A healthier, happier world depends on opening the space for social imagination to multiple voices and experiences. Here there are interesting analogies with the opening up of

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