Ken Liu’s latest novel ‘All That We See or Seem’ is speculative fiction about AI
20 October 2025

Ken Liu’s latest novel ‘All That We See or Seem’ is speculative fiction about AI

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Ken Liu is a big name in science fiction. His latest novel All That We See or Seem takes place in a world that’s not too different from ours. But in the book, AI is more embedded in day-to-day life and one character uses it to guide collective dream experiences. In today’s episode, Liu speaks with NPR’s Andrew Limbong about the novel’s hacker protagonist, dreams as knowledge, and how human patterns influence technology.


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