Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County

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Over 100 years in China, we track Qiao Fue and his illegitimate daughter Lian Mee as they separately try to revolutionize AI and bioengineering.

Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.