Wednesday Blog

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial Intelligence

    Concerns have been raised lately over the risk that the increasing artificial intelligence of our computers poses to humanity. I think the risk truly lies in who teaches these computers and what they are taught. There have been stories of humans striving for divine heights for millennia, whether it be Icarus flying too high as Read more

  • Ghosts in the Wind, Part 3

    Ghosts in the Wind, Part 3

    Act 5          The Peregrine spent the two hour flight out to the source abuzz with active anticipation. The crew of four knew how much was riding on the results of this journey. Olivia kept her eyes on the monitor that showed their distance from the source, worried that everything she’d staked her career on was about to Read more

  • Ghosts in the Wind, Part 2

    Ghosts in the Wind, Part 2

    All images included in this story were produced using DALL-E 2, an Open AI service. Act 3             “Hi Mom, Dad, Seb, I’m on Mars!” Olivia said to the camera in her new office in the science lab of Elysium Base. She had set herself up with a base computer as soon as she cleared the Read more

  • Ghosts in the Wind, Part 1

    Ghosts in the Wind, Part 1

    All of the images used in this story were generated by Open AI’s DALL-E 2 software. For more information see: https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2. Act 1             Olivia had always preferred to read over watching TV or movies, her whole life a book worm, yet here on board the Opportunity she found reading wove itself the smoothest into the routines aboard Read more

  • Dalí and the Surreal

    Dalí and the Surreal

    Over the weekend I was in Chicago to see a special exhibit at the Art Institute called Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears. It got me thinking about the appeal of the surreal. I for one really like Dalí’s art, it captures something of the subconscious possibility in the way it bends and transforms nature. Surrealism creates Read more

  • Draft at the Station

    Draft at the Station

    The following post is a transcript of the audio from the podcast episode this week. I strongly advise you listen to this one rather than just reading it. Thank you, and enjoy! “I’m at Independence Station, the only person here, the station house is locked, looks like it’s been abandoned for a while. I’m about Read more