Assignment task: Focus on J. Robert Lennon's Escape Pod W41 and connections to life, other media, and the world.
Please answer these questions in essay form.
- What else can you learn about the author, J. Robert Lennon?
- What do you think of artificial intelligence in our modern age (AI generated art and bots like ChatGPT)?
- What movies or books did this story remind you of?
Article: THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE FICTION By MIK DAVIS
- From the quoted article above, what do you think this short story mirrors today?
- What do you think makes us human? What separates artificial intelligence from being considered human?
- What is consciousness to you?