Katherine Cross on moderating online gaming communities and artificial intelligence

In Katherine Cross’ short story “Machine of Loving Grace” — the final installment in our Better Worlds anthology — Alexandra and Phoebe must deal with their creation Ami, an artificial intelligence that was designed to moderate online communities, as it fights fire with fire.Cross is a sociologist and a gaming and social critic who is working on her PhD at the City University of New York Graduate Center, specializing in the study of gender and online harassment. He