In this dystopian game-changer from 1968, visionary Philip K. Dick saw our AI anxieties coming from a mile away. Before personal computers were even a thing, his mind-bending novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? threw us into a world where humans and machines play an unsettling game of "spot the difference." As real-world astronauts prepped for moonshots, Dick was busy crafting a gritty future that would make us question everything about consciousness and humanity. Buckle up for the sci-fi classic that didn't just predict our robot reality—it completely nailed our complicated feelings about it. Essential reading that hits differently in today's age of ChatGPT and AI art generators. Bonus: It inspired a little movie called Blade Runner. You might've heard of it?
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- https://medium.com/@louissidwell/an-analysis-of-bladerunner-how-closely-does-it-our-own-modern-world-ae7a00e67506
- https://frappesandfiction.com/2022/04/17/book-review-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-by-philip-k-dick/
- https://medium.com/observing-dystopia/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-does-philip-k-dicks-1968-dystopia-cut-too-close-to-the-a4adf026305d
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Do-Androids-Dream-of-Electric-Sheep
- http://nadine-allen.blogspot.com/2012/01/critical-analysis-of-do-androids-dream.html
- https://philipdick.com/literary-criticism/reviews/review-by-jason-koornick-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-1968/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Androids_Dream_of_Electric_Sheep%3F
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