Technology is a major theme in Spidersilk the novel. The main character, Mark, even designs video games in the novel. In our own world, both video games and technology are improving quickly. So much so, that artificial intelligence (AI) is now being tested in many different ways. More recently, they tested out an AI’s videogame skills against a human only to be surprised that the AI was able to win. Now, they plan to put the AI against five different humans to see how it fairs. This is exciting, because it shows AIs can make logical decisions quickly without being programmed to do such things.

For more on this AI gaming competition, check out this link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/06/28/elon-musks-openai-bot-beat-human-video-games-last-year-now-it-will-take-five-once/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e0a69cc37d0a