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Ken Liu writes about a virtual currency that hijacks our empathy; Elizabeth Bear shows us a smart home tricked into kidnapping its owner; Clifford V. Johnson presents, in a graphic novella, the story of a computer scientist seeing a new side of the AIs she has invented; and J. M. Ledgard describes a 28,000-year-old AI who meditates on the nature of loneliness. We encounter metal-melting viruses, vegetable-based heart transplants, search-and-rescue drones, and semi-automated sailing ships. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening, and always relevant, \u003ci\u003eTwelve Tomorrows\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling visions of potential futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally launched in 2011 by \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the Twelve Tomorrows series explores the future implications of emerging technologies through the lens of fiction. 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