When Dune was first published in 1965, I was 22 years old. I remember the sense of intrigue and wonder…
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My morning scan of internet news sources—reputable, disreputable, licit, and illicit—unearthed the tantalizing headline, “The true story of the fake…
Within literature, there is a long tradition of using science fiction and alternative histories to comment on current society. Several…
I write both fiction and nonfiction and have published books in both genres. My next novel will be my fifteenth.…
I only came upon Ian McEwan’s science fiction/alternate history novel about artificial intelligence by happenstance. In a Facebook post, people…
Ralf Stapelfeldt recently criticized Nick Bostrom’s idea of Superintelligence by asking the question, “Can there be a dumb Superintelligence?1” Stapelfeldt…
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Observer by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress Story Plant: 2023 Sometimes scientists turn to science fiction to express their ideas…
I’ve read rave reviews of Robert Lanza’s and Nancy Kress’ science fiction novel, Observer. After learning that it is based…
Four hundred scholars and computer scientists recently issued a warning about the potentially catastrophic dangers of artificial intelligence, saying, “Mitigating…
One of the masters of so-called, “hard” science fiction is Arthur C. Clarke. With degrees in mathematics and physics, Clarke…
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and…
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel Del Rey Books, 2016 I bought this book based on an ad and its New…
Elon Musk recently sent out the alarm that, “Italy is disappearing!” No, he didn’t mean that Venice was slipping underwater,…