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In a Constantinople under siege, a man with a clockwork heart and steampowered lungs breaks away from his over-protective mother, only to fall into the hands of enemies who are determined to find out how he works.
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Steampunk note: Featured in an anthology of steampunk romance fiction. Set in a alt.history Constantinople under siege by the Venetians and defending themselves with clockwork armies, Neophytos is part man, part machine: his heart is clockwork and his lungs run on steam. He thinks himself unique, but comes to realise that he is part of an accelerated weapons race, where the Venetians seek the secrets of Turkish clockwork soldiers, and the Turkish people seek to keep ahead by building human-clockwork hybrids.
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Australian Writers Have Been Envisioning AI for a Century. Here Are 5 Stories to Read as We Grapple with Rapid Change
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 April 2024;'Australians are nervous about AI. Efforts are underway to put their minds at ease: advisory committees, consultations and regulations. But these actions have tended to be reactive instead of proactive. We need to imagine potential scenarios before they happen.' (Introduction)
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Australian Writers Have Been Envisioning AI for a Century. Here Are 5 Stories to Read as We Grapple with Rapid Change
2024
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 4 April 2024;'Australians are nervous about AI. Efforts are underway to put their minds at ease: advisory committees, consultations and regulations. But these actions have tended to be reactive instead of proactive. We need to imagine potential scenarios before they happen.' (Introduction)
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Istanbul,
cTurkey,cMiddle East, Asia,
- 1883
