Jack Trembath Intermission 7 through Epilogue
If anything, The Stories of Ibis was technologically refreshing in the sense that it continued a positive, optimistic dialogue about artificial intelligence. Through the power of stories and storytelling, another theme throughout the book, Yamamoto opens a world of the less popular notion that artificial intelligence is not here to take over but rather, they serve the world and surpass humans in their goals and dreams. I think the last chapter is exemplary of this notion. Ibis says, “’Hideo designed this body. In a sense, it is a crystallization of his dreams. I am a crystallization of his dreams. And not just me-every TAI can say something similar. Robots that look like humans. Robots with human feelings. Robots that befriend humans. We are those human dreams made flesh” (418). In this story, the TAI find joy in solving complex problems, the most difficult being making humans happy. This is evident even when...