anthropology - ePublication
THE STORY: Merril has been spending more time with her sister, Angie, but she isn’t ready for anyone to know about it. At least, not until Merril has decided that Angie is ready to see other people—but it is going to take a little more finessing, and definitely less fighting. After Angie, without permission, arranges for Merril’s ex Raquel to come over, the truth comes out: Angie is an A.I. creation that Merril has developed to cope with her sister’s death. But as the virtual Angie begins to demand more presence in Merril and her mother’s lives, reality and consciousness blur, and new moral questions arise about the right, safe, and acceptable ways to grieve.
“ANTHROPOLOGY is up-to-the-minute, grappling with AI and its philosophical implications in a thoroughly engaging way…[It] engages with our tech-mediated lives and with speculative futures in a way theatre rarely does.” —The Standard (UK).
“Gunderson prods and pokes around at the ethical implications but deliciously never settles for an answer. Instead she throws down the gauntlet whilst weaving together a cerebral thriller where each twist and turn tugs on the heart strings.” —Broadway World UK.
“A highly original, beautifully written piece.” —Daily Mail (UK).
“Fizzingly intelligent.” —The Times (UK).
