Thanks for this. I’m not in higher ed (I teach HS English), but the powers that be have been urging, I dare say pushing AI. Fortunately some of us have been pushing back. I appreciate your critical take and thoughtful work.

Why does science fiction still have a stigma on it? It often reflects real world issues, which you would think the literary world would be all over.

I think that the best SF almost always reflects contemporary issues. Sometimes unintentionally. Everything comes stamped with its time, but the best stamps its time as well.

This is sort of the direction I’ve been nudging my AP kids in of late. What’re the possibilities, y’all? Can we talk about some? Fueled, of course, by some of my soul-killing department meetings of late…