AI: Aesir Intelligence
By Kate MacLeod
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Linnea lives alone in the remains of shuttle her parents died in. The only survivor of the crash years before, she takes care of herself.
No other human dwells on her remote world, but the old gods surround her.
Thor protects her, Skadhi hunt with her, Frigg and Freya talk with her, Loki teaches her all the inappropriate things the others disapprove of, and Odin watches over all from the distance.
Her gods love her, but Linnea needs a human family. The only solution means a sacrifice. But whose?
"AI: Aesir Intelligence", a science fiction short story about love and loss and indescribable solitude.
Kate MacLeod
Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.
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AI: AESIR INTELLIGENCE
AI: Aesir Intelligence
by Kate MacLeod
Linnea froze at the first skittering of noise, crouching ever so slightly as her eyes scanned the nearly colorless world around her. Gray boulders covered with whitish lichen under iron-dark clouds, even the lake in the distance was a steely blue. The bird’s feathers were mottled to match, and she would never have seen him if he hadn’t decided the bit of noise her worn slippers had made as she approached was nothing to worry about and bent his head to retrieve another barnacle from the underside of a boulder.
Slowly she picked up a stone and set it in the cup of her sling. She turned her body to line up the shot, spared a quick glance at Skadhi as silent as ever beside her. Skadhi, her eyes never leaving the bird, gave a grave nod and Linnea spun the sling and hurled the stone at her prey.
And missed. Something had startled the bird just in time and it was gone now, screeching at her as it spiraled up into the always stormy sky. Linnea walked over to where it had stood. The underside of the boulder was coated in barnacles. She hated barnacles. Too much work busting them open