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Sci-fi's early influence on AI interest and future outlook

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The author reflects on how early exposure to science fiction, particularly during their middle and high school years, shaped their adolescent interest in artificial intelligence. This interest was further fueled by popular fiction and the optimistic future depicted in shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation. While their reading habits shifted away from fiction later on, these early influences played a significant role in their formative views on AI and the future. AI

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Sci-fi's early influence on AI interest and future outlook

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    My adolescent interest in # AI was mostly informed by popular fiction, as you might imagine, especially once I got to middle school (or "junior high") and found

    My adolescent interest in # AI was mostly informed by popular fiction, as you might imagine, especially once I got to middle school (or "junior high") and found that the place I attended, Muirlands (in the tony La Jolla neighborhood which also holds the associated La Jolla High S…

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