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Christian Author/Speaker. Professor. 4-Time Jeopardy Champ. Christian Sci-Fi (yes, it’s a thing) Christian Marketing (so’s this 😊) Posting about tech, science, and marketing that inspire my work. Opinions my own, not employers’. Christian sci-fi novels and stories: The HONOR System. The Deliverer. Brimstone 1. Christian textbooks: Brimstone 1 Study Guide. Developing a Christian Marketing Plan. Live lecture series: Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K. Vlog: Your Surprising Ministry.

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Alien life could make contact with AI and ignore humans entirely, UFO expert claims - Metro

And would we believe it anyway?

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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.

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@ghast @bookstodon @religion Easy, now. I wasn’t endorsing the efforts to promote positive AI sci-fi. I was simply pointing it out.

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Food Can Be Literally Addictive, New Evidence Suggests—Scientific American

“Cigarettes all over again.” Same pattern—decades of professional and common knowledge negated by producers. Another marketing downfall with a harmful P for Product. 1 Cor. 6:19

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"The Cybertruck encapsulates a dystopian future where the US is sliding into lawlessness" de zeen.

Fair critique of the vehicle. Article mentions competitor F-150 Lightning, the EV truck driven by protagonist in The Deliverer, my Christian sci-fi dystopian novel. Points taken.

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The 11 Movies That Paved The Way for Ridley Scott's Alien | Den of Geek

Excellent analysis. The list shows how sci-fi stories build on one another. The epic “Alien” had its predecessors and influences.

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@khleedril @bookstodon @religion Acknowledged. 😊

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@khleedril @bookstodon @religion The connection seems to be a ship’s master computer ready to kill its crew. HAL 9000 went psychotic. In Alien, “Mother” carried out the company’s prime directive—bring back lifeforms that could be studied and weaponized. Crew survival was secondary.

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Zuckerberg only had one job with Threads, and he blew it - Fast Company

Bad review of Threads rollout. As article states, Threads needed to emulate Twitter UX to justify its overall marketing message—“the replacement you’ve been waiting for.” Matt. 6:33

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Musk and Bezos Offer Humanity a Grim Future in Space Colonies - Scientific American

Shades of Total Recall in the opening description. Good points about space colonization mimicking mindset and conditions of earthly colonization.

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Aliens Are Already Here, Says Stanford Prof With CIA, Defense Ties.

Credible source. Harder to dismiss with videos/studies of recent years. What WILL sci-fi writers do if something irrefutable comes up? I know…today’s society has rendered “irrefutable” obsolete. 🙄

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Super-intelligent aliens are going to destroy humanity? Whatever - The Guardian

Good reminders per the alien response watch party I mentioned earlier today.

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A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience - Popular Mechanics

Closer still with Claude 3. Where would sci-fi be without computers run amok? My own anthology about AI coming soon—The HONOR System.

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My Christian sci-fi novel The Deliverer a winner at the Angel Book Awards. Grateful for this honor!

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Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It - Scientific American

Many good points. In combining my Christian faith with science (and science fiction), I believe God has a purpose for us “wet organics” to adapt descriptions used in the article.

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New Study Achieves Breakthrough in Warp Drive Design - Press Release

A warp drive concept that works within known physics. At last!

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Are UFOs real? NASA holds much-anticipated public hearing - USA TODAY

Vague, inconclusive—perhaps because there is nothing to reveal. Still, public skepticism in general is at all-time high while UFO interest is cresting as well.

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We're so close to liftoff...please help us reach our 500 subscriber target so we can launch the new "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. It's a completely free, all-volunteer effort...no gotchas. Read up, sign up, and strap in!!
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@grero @bookstodon It is, Roger! Short stories by the classic sci-fi masters, reformatted for optimal screen reading. New stories by current authors in the classic style. I like to call The Interociter a “digital pulp.” 100% free to readers, a labor of love. An online magazine for all who love sci-fi short stories’ golden era.

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Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China - NBC News

Disgrace for honored sci-fi award and gathering behind it. Real life dystopia.

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“On Thursday We Leave for Home.” Twilight Zone, 1963. My favorite of the hour-long episodes (Season 4). In my live study series, Christian Sci-Fi Night with Professor K, we watch classic and current sci-fi and discuss from a Christian worldview.

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We Just Found a Molecule on Another World...and Only Living Organisms Can Produce It - Popular Mechanics

Could be most conclusive evidence of extraterrestrial biosignature. More study needed.

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Why the US hasn't sent humans to Mars yet - Business Insider

It was supposed to happen in the 1980s. Hopefully I’ll be able to watch the first landing with my grandkids.

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The Twilight Zone Was a Warning About the Dangers of Nostalgia | Den of Geek

Excellent piece isolating a poignant TZ trope. The good ol’ days aren’t necessarily so.

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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…”

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