Ai Jiang on society, culture and technology: the past & future
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, a Nebula Award finalist, and an immigrant from Fujian. She explores themes of societal influence, cultural assimilation, and the intersection of technology and humanity in her work. She wrote A Palace Near the Wind and Linghun.
Her work is personal, drawing on her own experiences: her story “I Am AI,” was inspired by her time as a ghostwriter and the emergence of AI technologies like ChatGPT. Other works including “Give Me English” and “Missing Dolls Around the World,” deal with the complexities of language, cultural identity, and the impact of historical injustices. When you read her stories, they stay with you for a long time.
Shorts
Coming soon
The future and the past — blended in society, culture and technology with Ai Jiang (audio podcast)
The Transcript for the Podcast
Sci-fi as a warning of potential darker futures
Ai’s stories about people struggling
Life and death, blending memory and grief
The future – positive or negative?
The younger generation more courageous and open than us
Preparing for the uncertain future
How do you see your work evolving?
Interesting. Are there any thoughts or comments that you’d like to add, Ai, before we close?
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Links to explore
Ai Jiang on Clarkesworld: Unreliable Characters
Photo from Clarkesworld
The Power of Language: Interview with Ai Jiang by Uncharted
Her website
