There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
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The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Today is the day! Ray Bradbury’s short story, called “There will come soft rains” is about an artificially intelligent house that continues to function after the people are mysteriously gone. As with many other examples of sci-fi literature, this story is even more relevant and powerful now than it was when he wrote it in May 6, 1950 — I will let you discover this for yourself instead of spoiling it. But importantly, Bradbury was not anti-technology or anti-AI. The tragedy depicted is in human choices, and unexamined delegation. Anyway, the last line of the story is literally, “Today is August 5, 2026…” Enjoy… and reflect! submitted by /u/DavidRempel

Originally posted by u/DavidRempel on r/ArtificialInteligence