The manuscript that Susie was going to submit was not "Artificial Intelligence", but another work called "Cat Girl".

The heroine of that work is a young girl, Margot, who meets a middle-aged white man, Robert, whom she finds attractive at first and feels that there is some kind of connection between them.

On a date, Margot took the initiative to move their relationship from watching a movie to kissing and then going home to bed.

Something unfortunate happened!

Robert's performance in bed disappointed her, so she immediately terminated the relationship, which inevitably caused harm to the man.

thought that this relationship would end like this, but when the two passed by by accident, Margot received a bombardment of text messages from Robert.

The story comes to an abrupt end in Robert's text message to Margot, which will leave people unsatisfied, typical New Yorker style!

The reader will probably feel chills behind him, because the idea that "he might kill me" is constantly revealed in it, and the hint is that a sullen middle-aged man like Robert has a disease in his heart, and if he can't get it, he may take extreme measures.

This one will make women have empathy, and they can find themselves in all kinds of subtle descriptions.

At the same time, the image of Robert is also typical, revealing a subtle and powerless sense of middle age.

This is really the super-real New York non-fiction!

Susie is very sure that if she hands over "Cat Girl", she may be able to compete for next week's short story.

From forcibly giving a friendly greeting as if nothing happened, to impatient questioning, to hysterical scolding of bitches at the end, this authoress has an extraordinary understanding of human nature and a grasp of the psychology of both sexes.

Margot is like the title, a cat girl, curious about new things, quickly losing enthusiasm, as unpredictable as a cat!

"Artificial Intelligence" and "Cat Girl" are so good, but they are concentrated under one of her editors.

"Timeliness is more important, let's choose "Artificial Intelligence". I'll submit "Cat Girl" next week. ”

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and such a good work is reluctant to let it be dusty.

Short stories rarely go viral on the internet.

Most people don't pay much attention to short stories, and some even dislike short stories that are too long and want to tell them a story in a few dozen words.

In China and in the UK, it is difficult to publish this type of article, but the United States pays more attention to it!

Compared to the prestigious long-form writers, the authors of the short stories are not cared for.

After Susie made her decision, she began to get busy and prepare.

The pros and cons of "Artificial Intelligence" are obvious, the story can move people, but it is too long.

……

"Susie, you haven't submitted a suitable piece for three months. Which work did you choose this month?"

Anna, a colleague she was more familiar with, sat next to Susie with a folder, which Anna had submitted for this week's publication in The New Yorker.

Each of the pieces that can meet the readers is truly one in a million, selected from the vast sea of works, and must defeat the rest of the opponents.

They are both colleagues and competitors.

Susie said humbly: "I'm going to do a crazy thing, recommend a short story of 30,000 words!"

"Are you crazy?" Anna couldn't help but raise her voice in surprise, "we can't have that many pages. ”

In The New Yorker, short stories do not occupy a high position, and news and in-depth social commentary are the focus!

"I know, but I want to give it a try. ”

Anna shook her head, looking worried on the surface, but in fact, she was a little happy that this competitor had blown himself up without having to do anything.

Five copy editors and two leaders of the short story department sit in a conference room and democratically select the work that will appear in The New Yorker the next week.

Jonathan, a delicate old man with gray hair, clapped his hands and said, "Guys, we've seen so many different works this week, so what's the best one in your mind?"

Anna was the first to say, "My story is about a Russian who immigrated to the United States at the age of six and returned to Moscow to take care of his grandmother. It's just that he doesn't have much impression of Russia and his grandmother, who at this time is also Alzheimer's, and keeps asking his grandson how they met. The story is actually quite simple. ”

There are no descriptions of specific historical events, but as the grandson gets to know his grandmother better, we can also learn about the turmoil that the grandmother experienced when she was younger. Anna thought for a moment and concluded: "It feels like a mix of Capote's A Christmas Memory and a history book!"

"Sounds good, we'll take a look at the article later. Jonathan casually complimented, "What about you, Susie?"

Susie, who was named, said unhurriedly: "Originally, I was preparing another article, but today an editor at Random House suddenly recommended to me the short story "AI" by Zhang Chu, a writer signed by him, who is the author of "The Da Vinci Code". ”

Albert, who was a little bald, was amazed and said, "Oh, it's him!

But a voice that was not very harmonious came out, and Anna coughed: "Susie, we value the quality of the work more than the fame of this writer. You can't just say which writer's work it is, it will affect our judgment of the content, it's very bad!"

Susie was unimpressed, she had known that Anna was a double-standard, and she had criticized herself this week when she said it was a new Pulitzer Prize-winning work.

"Hey, take it easy, it's not a big deal. Anyway, when we read a book, we will also see the author's name. Jonathan rounded," you continued. ”

"This is a story about artificial intelligence, the first half is a warm and cruel comparison between humans and robots, and the latter becomes a robotic version of Pinocchio's adventures. Robots, alas, us, can we respond to the same love? If not, wouldn't it be better not to let them know love at all? It is worth thinking about the ethical and moral issues between humans and robots. ”

If AI has feelings, how do humans treat them?

Susie doesn't think David the Robot is great or selfless, just a simple robot.

"Sci-fi? Sounds interesting. "Jonathan himself has experienced the golden age of science fiction, but there are too few good science fiction works now.

Anna said again at this time, "But Susie said that this article seems to be 30,000 words, I don't think we should waste time reading it, right?"

Susie had long known that this Bichi was unreliable, but she didn't expect it to be so direct!

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It's a new week, and I'm asking for recommended tickets and monthly passes!

The old rule, 500 recommendations plus a more chapter, I hope there are 1500 or 2000 recommended votes today.

Although I am ugly, I want to be beautiful~~