This blog post was created by Anastassia Zinevitch
Looking Back at 2024
As we hit mid-December, let us look forward to all the winter holidays and New Year's celebrations. The year 2024 is almost over and that means we are stepping into the last year of the first quarter of the 21st century! Undoubtedly, one of the extensive and profound changes the world has undergone is the development and introduction of new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). Artists and writers have contemplated the far-reaching, calculated, or unintended effects of “thinking machines” on society for decades. Books, graphic novels and other materials about AI and robots provide different perspectives, while exploring the technological and human frontiers opened by AI and possible paths to the future world that seemed incredible even a couple of years ago. Teens and children especially, are always excited about robots and can imagine a future world in which artificial creatures will be part of their daily lives.
Join the Winter Reading Program!
The ongoing Winter Reading program is a chance to read up on the newest and latest titles about AI and intelligent, human-like robots, as well as have a chance to win a cool grand prize. Through January 5th, sign up at sjpl.org/winter or using the free Beanstack app, get a free, fun giveaway at any SJPL location, and read recently published AI titles to discover potential future worlds, follow engaging characters and surprising plot turns, and ponder questions of human nature and existence.
Your future grand prize awaits, so sign up and complete the 4-hour (or 4-book) program reading goal today!
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