Course

FYI 101 - APEP

Document Type

Student Paper

Publication Date

Fall 2026

Disciplines

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | English Language and Literature

Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement

Our honorable mention essay, “AI/Human Companionship in Literature: An Investigation of Klara and the Sun and Neuromancer,” presents a complicated argument about the role of fiction in relation to technological advances in a passionate and accessible voice. Its willingness to interrogate its primary sources, to accept nothing at face value and to critically evaluate narrative choices and their implications, is especially admirable. Written in Dr. Elizabeth Lawrence’s APEP section of FYI 101, the essay is notable for its prose and for its originality. By discussing the consequences of its two sources’ differing treatments of technology, the paper points out the importance of the stories we tell about scientific advancement and human relationships in a new and surprising way.

Comments

Matthew Hale's research paper was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2026 Tredway Library Prize for First Year Research contest.