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  • OmegaMouse@pawb.socialtoBooks@lemmy.ml•Hidden Life by Madhuri Vijay - The New Yorker, August 24 issue
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    17 days ago
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    that she was probably raped every night without understanding what was happening to her and thought to herself that this is just one of her duties. It’s not a duty she likes so she gets sullen and distanced when Sudhir who (I think correctly) Nidhi thinks reminds her of her husband.

    Ahh that reading of it makes a lot of sense, and certainly explains Padmini’s change in attitude.

    Yes the aunt’s reaction to Sudhir being around is odd. Is it just that he reminds her of her son, or (and this felt more likely to me) she’s attracted to him? Like you say, I enjoyed the uncertainty of the ending.

  • OmegaMouse@pawb.socialtoBooks@lemmy.ml•Hidden Life by Madhuri Vijay - The New Yorker, August 24 issue
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    17 days ago

    Thanks for sharing! I’ve just read through it and I agree that the writing and pacing is really great. It touches on some interesting ideas about taboo, exploitation and I suppose… hidden lives.

    What did you make of the ending? Spoilers:

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    It was interesting that Sudhir revealed his past to Nidhi because he felt that she was wise and would understand him. But then, if I’m understanding the ending correctly, he was subsequently annoyed by her correcting him and decided to spite her by getting her to move bedroom. Leading to the visit from Padmini in the night (who apparently tries to get into her husband’s old bedroom each night to hump the occupant?). Sudhir seems very shallow; perhaps particularly upset by the fact he’s being corrected by a woman. It was quite a bizarre, unexpected ending!

  • OmegaMouse@pawb.socialtoFuck AI@lemmy.world•“There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury
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    30 days ago

    Hmm my take on it is that nuclear war has taken place, and it’s about how the house tragically keeps performing its duties not knowing that the human inhabitants are long dead.

    And yes, automated tech exists in the world of this story but I don’t see that as ‘AI’ any more than I’d view a teasmade (a kettle with a timer) as AI.

    For the sake of argument say that the story did include some form of AI. I think AI in science fiction is actually quite interesting (especially stuff from several decades back) because it tends to have some nuance, and isn’t the crappy LLM stuff that we’re getting in real life. My understanding is that this community is more about how shitty LLMs are.

    *edit - I think you updated your post to mention Skynet just after I responded, and that’s exactly my point. That’s an example of an ACTUALLY COOL concept of AI, and I think most people like those films

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