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Robots will take the focus at Bubonicon 57, which lands Friday, Aug. 21, through Sunday, Aug. 23, in Albuquerque, with the theme 鈥淎ndroids & Robots and Droids, Oh A.I.鈥�

Co-guest of honor Patricia Briggs, author of the 鈥淢ercyverse鈥� and 鈥淪ianim鈥� series, will be attending Bubonicon for the first time.

鈥淭he smaller cons are way more fun,鈥� Briggs said, 鈥渂ecause anybody who wants to sit down and talk to you gets a chance.鈥�

She said Bubonicon pulls in around 700 to 800 people.

Briggs will participate in several panels, both as a speaker and a moderator, including 鈥淢onster Mash: The Rise and Fall of 鈥� Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves鈥� and 鈥�1001 Tales: Scheherazade is Alive and Well.鈥� She writes 鈥淢ercy Thompson,鈥� an urban fantasy series, and said the series鈥� setting fits into the theme of Bubonicon.

鈥淯rban fantasy is fantasy that is specifically set up in our real world, which means they鈥檙e going to have to deal with things like AI,鈥� Briggs said.

Briggs is a co-guest of honor with science-fiction author Martha Wells, who will also participate in several panels, including 鈥淕etting Cozy: Knick-knacks and Novels鈥� and 鈥淚t鈥檚 Just A Fantasy (It鈥檚 Not The Real Thing).鈥�

Wells is known for 鈥淭he Murderbot Diaries,鈥� which was picked up for a television adaptation by Apple TV and was recently renewed for a second season.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of an unexpected thing to happen 鈥︹�� Wells said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been doing this for a long time, and so you sort of don鈥檛 expect that you鈥檙e suddenly going to get a lot more popular.鈥�

She said artificial intelligence has always been an important part of sci-fi and fantasy, but fictional artificial intelligence varies greatly from today鈥檚 AI.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 really have artificial intelligence in real life,鈥� Wells said. 鈥淲hat鈥檚 labeled as artificial intelligence now are chatbots, and don鈥檛 really have an actual consciousness. They鈥檙e not science fiction. The artificial intelligence we write about are basically people.鈥�

While modern-day AI may be far from what is shown in sci-fi, Briggs said it still has a major impact on publishing. She said she has seen an uptick in AI-generated content and she is worried about the consequences of these poorly written novels being released to the public.

She said within the urban fantasy genre, she has seen more and more books with the same plot and nonsensical conversations.

Briggs said the problem is people might turn away from reading as a result, 鈥渁nd that鈥檚 tragic.鈥�

Conventions like Bubonicon can help combat this rise in AI-generated writing, she said, because seasoned writers can offer advice on when and how to use it.

One panel she is looking forward to is 鈥淵ou Don鈥檛 Need That: What To Leave Out,鈥� which focuses on giving advice on worldbuilding and writing.

She said she loves being a sci-fi writer because of the long tradition of authors helping out one another 鈥� a tradition that started with authors like Andre Norton and Anne McCaffrey.

鈥淲hat they were doing was recognizing that we authors are not competitors,鈥� Briggs said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 compete with each other, because there鈥檚 no reader in the world who reads one book a year.

鈥淎nd the better we can make each other, the more readers we can invite into the space.鈥�

鈥淟egends and Lattes鈥� author Travis Baldree has been named Bubonicon toastmaster. Also joining the lineup are guest artist Jon Sanchez and science speaker Matthew Fetrow.

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.