Zima Blue and Other Stories
by Alastair Reynolds · first published 2006
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The short story was good too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zima_Blue_and_Other_Stories
on “The enduring symbolism of the swimming pool” ↗…and "downgrades" itself back to it's original tile scrubbing form with just enough awareness left to take pleasure in the singular menial task. EDIT: I just found out it was adapted from a book called Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds
on “Are We Living in a Post-Happiness World?” ↗Zima Blue is the name of the story. It was made into a Love Death and Robots episode. The book Zima Blue and Other Stories is the most widely known collection that its found in (since its in the title), but it has been published in many others. https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?196048
on “AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – let's look at the data” ↗