The Year's Top Robot and AI Stories: 4th Annual Collection

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An unabridged collection spotlighting the best robot and AI stories published in 2022 by current and emerging masters of the science fiction genre, edited by Allan Kaster.

• “Lily, the Immortal” by Kylie Lee Baker—An AI takes over the digital image and personality of a vlogging star after her death.
• “Welcome Home” by Jendayi Brooks-Flemister—A single mother and her daughter acclimate themselves to their new smart home.
• “The Still Small Voice” by Louise Carey—An AI implant helps a neural stimulants salesman make it through another day.
• “The Secret Strength of Things” by Gregory Feeley—A small AI burrows deep into the nitrogen ice of Triton to avoid a guardian AI that protects the moon.
• “Once Upon a Future in the West” by Daryl Gregory—AIs aid a doctor, cowboy, and gambler ride out forest fires burning in northern California.
• “Cold Revolution Blues” by Ken MacLeod—An English journalist travels to a future Holland looking for corruption in its socialist market economy.
• “Dollbot Cicily” by Will McIntosh—A former model hacks into sexbots created in her own image.
• “Hello from Tomorrow” by E.C. Myers—The daughter of a deceased scientist communicates with her father’s consciousness on a Mars-bound rover.
• “Mender of Sparrows” by Ray Nayler—A war veteran finds a sparrow that is more than just a bird.
• “Maximum Efficiency” by Holly Schofield—A damaged android, programmed to kill, comes across an old woman living alone in a farmhouse.
• “The Secret of Silphium” by Megha Spinel—An assassin and an AI pursue a scholar who knows the healing power of a rare herb.
• “Nirvana or Bust” by Michael Swanwick—The first human/AI hybrid scientist becomes an assassin’s target.
• “Schlafstunde” by Lavie Tidhar—An enhanced mercenary engages with hive minds and battle dolls in order to complete her mission on a far-future Earth.
• “Bumblebot” by Marie Vibbert— A robot bee is experimentally used to maintain a failing urban farm.