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Jason William Karpf<p>And the company behind it is called Colossal Biosciences. Do you want to call Jeff Goldblum, or should I?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JurassicPark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TormentNexus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TormentNexus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/dire-wolf-colossal-biosciences-de-extinction-56d6c192c5d968731b448081aa4149fe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/dire-wolf-c</span><span class="invisible">olossal-biosciences-de-extinction-56d6c192c5d968731b448081aa4149fe</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>Will AI Become God? That’s the Wrong Question—Vox.</p><p>Indeed.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/jaron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/j</span><span class="invisible">aron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>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! 😊</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/gaia-shutdown-troubles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/gaia-shutdown-tro</span><span class="invisible">ubles</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>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.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanets</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/space-exploration/james-webb-space-telescope/scientists-used-jwst-instruments-wrong-on-purpose-to-capture-direct-images-of-exoplanets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/space-exploration/ja</span><span class="invisible">mes-webb-space-telescope/scientists-used-jwst-instruments-wrong-on-purpose-to-capture-direct-images-of-exoplanets</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>A.I. Has Learned How to Cheat—and Punishing It Will Only Make It Smarter—Popular Mechanics</p><p>More human than ever.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/At530Bo4-SHqrVtmzEEJpbQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/At530Bo4-SHqrVtmzEE</span><span class="invisible">JpbQ</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>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.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tormentnexus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tormentnexus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AMLeckUCXTg-_oSyAgc7IIQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AMLeckUCXTg-_oSyAgc</span><span class="invisible">7IIQ</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 26: About which format or style choices are you the most uncertain?</p><p>Chapter length. I really have no idea what I'm doing with chapters. I'm considering not bothering with them and just stringing hundreds of scenes together.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> March 25: Describe your workflow if it had to be 100% analog.</p><p>Write on paper. Write scenes as separate little units. Put scenes in file folders. Rearrange scenes in folders and fill in missing ones as necessary.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 24: Is there a particular reader you keep in mind when you write?</p><p>I'm trying to resist that urge because there are two: the SFF/genre reader who's three steps ahead of me bc they know all the tropes, and the BIGOT sff/genre reader who's deliberately misreading everything I do in order to avoid all the "woke."</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 23: What’s the most memorable encounter you’ve had with a reader?</p><p>When one person in my new writing group announced she'd been reading my stuff all week. It was really encouraging. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 22: What distracts you the most from writing? How do you deal?</p><p>Literally, for real, the pain in my hip from my arthritis, which is the *oldest* thing that's ever happened to me.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>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.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThroughAGlassDarkly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThroughAGlassDarkly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HONORSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HONORSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.eweek.com/news/news-ai-chatbots-personality-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-deepseek/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eweek.com/news/news-ai-chatbot</span><span class="invisible">s-personality-chatgpt-perplexity-gemini-deepseek/</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>Viewing AI as Alien Intelligence—Avi Loeb</p><p>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! 😂</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AviLoeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AviLoeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GalileoProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GalileoProject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ET</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aliens</span></a></p><p><a href="https://avi-loeb.medium.com/viewing-ai-as-alien-intelligence-f1d08286267f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">avi-loeb.medium.com/viewing-ai</span><span class="invisible">-as-alien-intelligence-f1d08286267f</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 20: What was the most writing related fun you've had?</p><p>My writer's group, once every two weeks. I love those people. I really *need* those meetings!</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 19: What’s your narrator’s sense of humor like?</p><p>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. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>Dolphins greet NASA astronauts after splashdown. A great sci-fi image.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AtZwdvry0StubhMVGC_YPoA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AtZwdvry0StubhMVGC_</span><span class="invisible">YPoA</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 17: Does alcohol intake influence your writing?</p><p>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. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Mar 16: What word or phrase do you tend to overuse?</p><p>My POV character is empathic/telepathic, so "she sensed..." comes up WAY too much. </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> Day 14: What are new themes you are currently exploring?</p><p>Compulsive behaviour. Learning to control anger. Learning to live with the times when you failed to control your anger. When violence is justified and when it's rationalized. Exploitation of children by adults who've formed institutional "missions" to rationalize that exploitation. It's all but anarchist.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Jason William Karpf<p>The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1960s—Space.com</p><p>Twilight Zone should’ve ranked higher, but still a good list.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/religion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>religion</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProfessorK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessorK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/1960sSciFiTVShows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960sSciFiTVShows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secretscifinetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secretscifinetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TwilightZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwilightZone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OuterLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OuterLimits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/A8DqyuNzgTXezwe80QtAcHA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/A8DqyuNzgTXezwe80Qt</span><span class="invisible">AcHA</span></a></p>