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SUMMARY:A.I. & SOCIETY CONVERSATION SERIES: William Alexander\, science fi
 ction and fantasy author
LOCATION:Multi-Purpose Room\, Campus Center West Addition
DESCRIPTION:William Alexander\, Cuban-American science fiction and fantasy
  author\, won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for h
 is first novel\, Goblin Secrets (2012)\, about a boy’s search for his mis
 sing brother in a steampunk fairy tale world. In praise\, the late Ursula
  K. Le Guin said\, "I wish I could have read it when I was eleven.” Alexa
 nder’s debut science fiction novel for adults is Sunward\, a finalist for
  the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award\, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Y
 ear. The new novel follows the story of a human space traveler charged wi
 th mentoring “baby bots\,” juvenile AI who are developmentally in their t
 eens\, training them how to interact within society\, and essentially bec
 oming their foster mom.\n\nCosponsored by the AI & Society College and Re
 search Center\, UAlbany’s Writing & Critical Inquiry Program (WCI)\, and 
 the Honors College.\n\nEvent is free and open to the public. No tickets o
 r registration is needed.\n\nFor more information\, visit: https://www.ny
 swritersinstitute.org/williamalexander\n\nhttp://next-to-u.app/events/542
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