wILL HOMES BECOME SO AI SMART THAT THEY KIDNAP THE HOUSE OWNER

 Ken Liu writes about a virtual currency that hijacks our empathy;

 Elizabeth Bear shows us a smart home tricked into kidnapping its owner; 

Clifford V. Johnson presents, in a graphic novella, the story of a computer scientist seeing a new side of the AIs she has invented;

 and J. M. Ledgard describes a 28,000-year-old AI who meditates on the nature of loneliness. 

We encounter metal-melting viruses, vegetable-based heart transplants, search-and-rescue drones, and semi-automated sailing ship

TWELVE TOMORROWS BY KEN LIU