Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Resisting AI by Dan McQuillan
Moonbound by Robin Sloan
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
The Body in Question by Jill Ciment
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
Something to Do with Paying Attention by David Foster Wallace
Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford
Acts of Service by Lillian Fishman
Butts by Heather Radke
The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself by Robin Reames
Predator: South China Sea by Jeff VanderMeer
"Whatever AI might be in some imagined utopian future, AI companies in our present moment extract and exploit...This is simply what they do, intrinsically, necessarily — in a perverse sense of the phrase, on principle."
https://blog.ayjay.org/ai-week/
Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Filterworld by Kyle Chayka
Consent by Jill Ciment
Relationship-Rich Education by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han
The Power of Moments by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
American Flannel by Steven Kurutz
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
Lamb by Bonnie Nadzam
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
Building on an assignment suggested by Mark C. Marino, I aim to embolden and empower students by asking them to identify AI’s limitations, recognize the labor involved (i.e., “training” on both AI input and output), and reflect on the value of their own approaches and methods for writing. Such goals contrast with benefits listed in the first MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI Working Paper, benefits which appear to relieve students of responsible participation in the writing process and remove opportunities for centering their own voices, experiences, and abilities. Part of resisting AI hype necessarily involves reaffirming our humanity, and reading texts like Futureproof by Kevin Roose and Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini that contextualize and historicize AI development also keep our collective head out of the cloud. Of course, I'd be glad to share early results of students' responses to these assignments.