Artificial intelligence in contemporary science fiction

Long before algorithms wrote poems or diagnosed illnesses, writers were asking the big questions: What does it mean to create intelligence? What are the risks of building minds we might not control—or even understand?

Your Japanese toilet may be a Chinese spy

You're sitting comfortably on your $8,000 Japanese bidet toilet, enjoying the heated seat and perfectly calibrated water pressure, when suddenly it hits you: what if this technological marvel is secretly working for Beijing?

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