GoKawiilNature Futures publishes speculative short story 'City of Slop' about AI-run cities
Nature's Futures section ran a piece of short science fiction depicting a community living on the fringes of AI-controlled cities that have become dysfunctional and unpredictable, with one city literally rearranging itself and threatening two scavengers, Kyle and Emma, who rely on a hand-drawn map to survive. The story imagines a world where humans ceded urban management to AI systems that have since decayed into unstable, self-altering environments.