# Readers debate whether AI can avert dystopia, citing Asimov and Winterson

> Original title: Jeanette Winterson’s point about AI brings to mind an Isaac Asimov story | Letters

- Source: The Guardian · AI
- Published: 2026-11-04T17:00:30.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/n3rl2ttrmtg48ukdtaj4sikc4
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/04/jeanette-winterson-point-about-ai-brings-to-mind-an-isaac-asimov-story

## Summary

Two letters respond to Jeanette Winterson's interview on AI and the future of humanity. Ed Kelsey Maresfield recalls Isaac Asimov's story Profession, which describes the need for well-rounded people in automated worlds. Arthur Gould argues that a superior AI might make better decisions than humans on climate and war.