Len Small and I had been trying to find a story for Nautilus Magazine to work together. The first couple stories fell through but he came back with a story which turned out to be my favorite. It was an interview with Professor Goldberg about why robots can narrow the gap with humans regarding creativity but never match. The most fascinating part was a test interviewing robots about the human experience similar to interviews used to catch replicants in “BladeRunner”.
Since Professor Goldberg created a robot controlled garden which became a famous experiment, I went with a gardening metaphor where you can see the gap between life and computer duplication. This has turned out to be one of my favorite pieces.
Much thanks to Len for the great story.
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