diff --git a/diary/2022-01-29.md b/diary/2022-01-29.md index 73cbb65d..3178fe6c 100644 --- a/diary/2022-01-29.md +++ b/diary/2022-01-29.md @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -%title Annotation: Leonard Bernstein - Symphony 3: Kaddish +%title Annotation: Sarah Gailey - STET + +"STET" is a 2018 short story by Sarah Gailey. Through the use layout and interactivity, the story provides a brief glimpse into the mourning process through the frame of a portion of an academic paper. The paper itself remains objective and to the point, discussing conscience in the (near) AIs that power autonomous vehicles and the morality that goes into their choices. The meat of the story, however, takes place in the footnotes and editorial comments. Scattered liberally throughout, the footnotes begin by illuminating the body text, but slowly begin to incorporate more personal aspects, describing how an autonomous car struck and killed the author's daughter in an attempt to avoid an endangered + +