Luminous — an accidentally timely tale
Silvia Park’s debut novel looks like a cautionary tale about ai, but at its core...
Making it New: William Carlos Williams
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Silvia Park’s debut novel looks like a cautionary tale about ai, but at its core is inherently human....
LITERATURE
Silvia Park’s debut novel looks like a cautionary tale about ai, but at its core is inherently human. I was initially very surprised to learn that Korean author Silvia Park’s debut novel Luminous was initially intended to be a children’s book. Most children’s books do not feature intimate scenes between police officers and robots in…