Although this is an author self-promoting, what he has to say is interesting: Imagine a future where population shrinks. A lot. Non-disastrously.
Originally shared by Alexander M Zoltai
https://www.tor.com/2018/08/16/escaping-the-default-future-when-writing-science-fiction/
When you pay peanuts, you get… bots.
Originally shared by John Ward
Rick Wayne, this may interest you. It has to do with sociology.
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-mechanical-turk-bot-panic/
Imagine a cyberpunk future, but with a lot more Chinese influence than Japanese, and corporations controlled by the government instead of vice versa.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent: The Rise of China’s Tech Giants https://suhub.co/2w9UXTW
This is not at all concerning.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
China Is Building a Fleet of Autonomous AI-Powered Submarines. Here Are the Details https://suhub.co/2vMneAB
You could take the ideas in this piece in either direction – hopeful or dystopian. Or, of course, a mixture.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
AI Can Help Create a Better World—If We Build it Right https://suhub.co/2P6qSNJ
I often see phrases like “he was twelve-years-old,” which is incorrect. Or “a twelve-year old child,” also incorrect.
Originally shared by Grammar Girl
When the age is an adjective that comes before the noun and modifies the noun, or when the age is a noun, hyphenate. http://ow.ly/pKIm30kCTJj
I’m going to look out for a copy of this book.
Originally shared by Judah Richardson
Two scientists have launched a campaign to get a copy of a book that debunks accepted scientific “facts” about women into every state school in the UK.
Augmented/mixed reality: not there yet. But slowly advancing.
I believe this is true. Fated Heroes aren’t inherently more interesting, just easier.
You’ll sometimes hear writers say that writing an interesting story about X kind of person is impossible. (I’m aware of one prominent SF writer who has said that about women, for example.) This says more about their limitations as writers than it does about the people they won’t write about.
Originally shared by Amanda Patterson
Quotable – Mavis Gallant, born 11 August 1922, died 18 February 2014. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2hOeTYe
“That martinet made me get off the toilet!” said Tom Swift, severely discommoded.