// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the working breed go to the doctor? It was feeling ruff.
"A Guide for Working Breeds" is a 2020 science fiction short story by Vina Jie-Min Prasad. It was first published in the anthology Made To Order: Robots and Revolution.
Synopsis
[edit]Two robots — the newly-released K.g1-09030, and the far more experienced C.k2-00452, who is legally required to be K.g1's mentor — exchange a series of messages about dogs, computer vision, dogs, labor rights, dogs, cooking, dogs, the concept of cuteness, dogs, competitive murder, and dogs.
Reception
[edit]"A Guide for Working Breeds" was a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Short Story,[1] the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 2020,[2] and the 2021 Theodore Sturgeon Award.[3]
Black Gate called it "hilarious" and "well worth [the reader's] time".[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ 2021 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved December 5, 2022
- ↑ A Guide for Working Breeds, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved December 5, 2022
- ↑ Here Are the Finalists for the 2021 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, by Andrew Liptak; at Tor.com; published July 7, 2021; retrieved December 5, 2022
- ↑ New Treasures: Made To Order: Robots and Revolution edited by Jonathan Strahan, reviewed by John O'Neill, at Black Gate; published March 18, 2020; retrieved December 5, 2022