'The Wizard of Oz' is coming to The Sphere in Las Vegas with reimagined AI-generated scenes—Mashable
Pay no attention to that computer behind the curtain.
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https://mashable.com/article/the-wizard-of-oz-the-sphere-generative-ai
And the company behind it is called Colossal Biosciences. Do you want to call Jeff Goldblum, or should I?
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Will AI Become God? That’s the Wrong Question—Vox.
Indeed.
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https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/jaron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 6: Do you edit while writing, or go wild and fix it later?
I lean towards editing during the process. I go over each section several times, but I also know I'm headed for major revisions in the second draft.
#ScribesAndMakers Apr 3: Would you like to form a writers/creative group? (Etc.)
Way ahead of you. :)
Gaia, the space observatory, won’t shut down easily now that its mission is over. Shades of Star Trek—TOS episode “The Changling,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” You knew this would be a problem! 
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Looking deeper into God’s universe. Makes me think of my upcoming short story “Let There Be Light,” with a Christian scientist and his secular protege fighting (literally) for control of a mile-wide space telescope in 2044.
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#ScribesAndMakers Apr 2: What do you want to work on this month?
I think I need to jump ahead to the final confrontation of my book in order to know what to fill in around it. Yeah, that's the way.
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 2. International Children’s Book Day! What makes for a good book for children?
It's a good story, and it's told at children's level. This doesn't mean dumbing it down. It means keeping to their point of view and to the things that are important to them. I mean, kids read superhero comics, which were about adults, for DECADES.
#ScribesAndMakers Apr 1: Analyze this out-of-context quote. “If I wanted to do something people liked, I would post videos of someone kicking me in the nethers. Instead, I write.”
It's assuming the audience is a bunch of idiots who'd actually watch OW, MY BALLS. It's not how I see things.
A.I. Has Learned How to Cheat—and Punishing It Will Only Make It Smarter—Popular Mechanics
More human than ever.
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SNTIENT is an unfolding digital tale of corporate overlords and robots reaching singularity. Brands can be in the story as product placement. It is not interactive or transactive, but brands can transfer appearances into their own marketing communications. Sponsoring dystopia conveys coolness in Blade Runner and Minority Report.
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DISC test administered to AI platforms, revealing different personalities between ChatGPT, DeepSeek, etc. Going further, what happens when AI suffers from mental illness? Find out in the novella “Through a Glass, Darkly,” part of my Christian sci-fi anthology HONOR System, available on Amazon.
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https://www.eweek.com/news/news-ai-chatbots-personality-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-deepseek/
Viewing AI as Alien Intelligence—Avi Loeb
Loeb—astrophysicist and controversial seeker of ETs—suggests luring alien AI probes toward Earth by providing energy sources they can tap. We’re just begging for it! 
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https://avi-loeb.medium.com/viewing-ai-as-alien-intelligence-f1d08286267f
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 20: What was the most writing related fun you've had?
My writer's group, once every two weeks. I love those people. I really *need* those meetings!
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 19: What’s your narrator’s sense of humor like?
In my current project, the narration has little to no humour at all. It's a dry, quiet style of writing... until the fight scenes.
Dolphins greet NASA astronauts after splashdown. A great sci-fi image.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 17: Does alcohol intake influence your writing?
Nah. I basically stopped drinking. I started getting hangovers for the first time in my life by my early 40s, and it's just not worth it any more.
#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 16: What word or phrase do you tend to overuse?
My POV character is empathic/telepathic, so "she sensed..." comes up WAY too much.
#ScribesAndMakers Mar 15: How's your goal going? Is there anything you would like help with?
Come to my house and watch my kids so I can finish this draft.
