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Drone. The word has come to mean so many things. An eye in the sky. A hobbyist flying toy. A dangerous voyeur. A weapon of war. An enforcer. A worker. But a worker that\u2019s maybe not as soulless as the name implies. As AI gets more sophisticated and the subroutines become rote\u2026 might it be possible to convert the electronic oppressor?

Today on Cyber, we\u2019ve got something special. Motherboard has published a book! It\u2019s called Terraform and it\u2019s out now. It\u2019s a collection of short stories about the near future and the dystopian present. With me today on the show are the book\u2019s editors, Claire L. Evans and Brian Merchant as well as special guest Sarah Gailey. They\u2019re the author of the new novel Just Like Home and the Terraform story \u201cDrones to Ploughshares.\u201d

Terraform\u2019s stories are all about possible futures. \u201cDrones to Ploughshares\u201d is a window into one of those worlds.\u2019

Terraform is out now! Buy it here.

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Drones to Ploughshares

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