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Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures - Futurism
Excess of infrared from these seven stars COULD be evidence of energy-capturing Dyson spheres surrounding them—the ultimate technosignature. Still yet to find evidence of a single microbe beyond Earth. Per The Thing: “Watch the skies…”
How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI - Scientific American
Fascinating article about organizations trying foster positive sci-fi stories about AI. Good reason why AI sci-fi is mainly negative—more plausible given humankind’s record AND more interesting. My upcoming book The HONOR System is case in point.
Frankenstein Reflects the Hopes and Fears of Every Scientific Era—The Atlantic
Looking forward to MIT Press’ anotated edition. Theme of my study series Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K is “Playing God leads to trouble.” Note article’s point that Victor Frankenstein’s crime was hating and abandoning his creation, antithetical to God.
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Calling all writers of science fiction, fantasy, and more! Submissions are open for #SciFanSat’s eighth issue until March 23rd at https://scifansat.com! Issue 8 publishes Saturday 03.30.2024 with the theme of… RUIN!
Poignant insider account of Sports Illustrated fiasco of using AI-generated stories with fake reporter bios. WGA and SAG went on strike in part over this scenario.
"Why defy me for their sake? They do not stand beside you. They care nothing for your suffering on their behalf. To them you are but a machine pretending to be a man."
Morgan shook his head. Knowing that the false demiurge would never understand was irrelevant; he had to say it for his own sake. "I'm not here for them, but for myself. I can't see the entire pattern, the grand design, but I still understand that the most trivial choices of even a single person may shape my life, may shape me. What you do to the least of them, you do to me."
Meet the kassilar! A mythical animal from my book #WildFlowersElectricBeasts that makes music with its entire body! 🥰 Here you can see the pipes under its wings, the strings around its tail, and the holes in its head — all are meant to make music 🎶 But not everything is visible, there are more musical organs all over its body. It makes music effortlessly while dancing or flying or just moving around. This is the animal Balika (one of the main characters) bonds with. #AmWritingSciFi#SciFiBooks
#WritersCoffeeClub Sept 2: On a scale of plotter to pantser, what are you?
Fwiw, I Ike GRRM's metaphor better: architects and gardeners. Anyway, I start with a concept and then let myself discover as I go. Once/if I find something interesting, I write down outlines and character sketches, but they're mostly a record of what I found than they are a plan that I intend to follow. Basically, I plan to wander.
#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: What keeps you striving concerning your writing goals?
I need to know how it turns out, the specific way that the story ends. I don't know that right now. I can only know by finishing it. I'm not on any clock but my own curiosity.