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Shine, "an anthology of optimistic near-future SF", to be "published by Solaris Books, and is planned for an early 2010 release."
"up to 10k words". "5 cents a word, on publication". "science fiction only." "Reading Period: May and June 2009".
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I somehow feel quite disconnected with most modern stories I have read on AIs (artificial intelligences). When Asimov included them in his robots, they were easy to identify with; their modern AI avatars somehow are not.
"Qubit" is a bit in the sense used in digital computers, only these are quantum computers.
Full text of the story is available online.
Story summary.
Eons into future, all humans are dead, & all planets are gone too. Sun is being circled by a single Matrioshka Brain that collects all its radiated energy, exhibits personalities & consciousness of multiple individuals - all AIs, autonomously evolved from primitive quantum machines presumably created by humans originally.
Story is the reminiscence of one of these sentients that tells us their history - how they came into being, including the destruction of the planets to build this super AI brain. And of their boredom.
Fact sheet.
Qubit Conflicts, short story, review
First published: Clarkesworld magazine, May 2007
Rating: C
Related: All Clarkesworld stories.
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