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Victoria Hetherington is a journalist, broadcaster, and author whose work explores technology, intimacy, and what it means to be human in an AI-driven world. She is the host of CBC's 'Understood: Artificial Intimacy,' and the author of five books, including 'Friend Machine: On the Trail of AI Companionship,' which inspired the season.

Her debut novel, 'Mooncalves," was called "a stunning debut" by 'The Globe and Mail' and "the Millennial answer to Atwood" by the 'The Vancouver Sun," and was shortlisted for the 2020 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Her novel 'Autonomy' (Rare Machines, 2022) was praised by Giller Prize winner Michael Redhill as "beautifully written and profoundly enthralling," with film rights acquired by Aisling Chin-Yee at F ...more

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