Finished 'Who Watches the Watchers?' - an intriguing read, David. The detailed security measures and eventual non-doom outcome were compelling. I was struck by the choice to build the initial tension using familiar ASI-takeover tropes, especially given your usual focus on dismissing such scenarios. It left me wondering about the narrative intent behind framing the potential loss of control so strongly before revealing the safeguards. Food for thought!
1) Doomers are often non-technical and bank entirely on their imagination and/or cherry-picking from actual technical experts.
2) My narrative point was this is a satire. As a science fiction writer I could just pour all of those trope believably into a story, and explain not only why they are used to convince laypeople, but why they are wrong.
Well done, David. Could certainly be a whole book or movie but the Author's Notes are even better. One thing is for sure....what really happens tomorrow, next week, next year is NEVER quite what we expected. I wonder if it is all a little blip on the screen.
Finished 'Who Watches the Watchers?' - an intriguing read, David. The detailed security measures and eventual non-doom outcome were compelling. I was struck by the choice to build the initial tension using familiar ASI-takeover tropes, especially given your usual focus on dismissing such scenarios. It left me wondering about the narrative intent behind framing the potential loss of control so strongly before revealing the safeguards. Food for thought!
Thanks. The entire point is that:
1) Doomers are often non-technical and bank entirely on their imagination and/or cherry-picking from actual technical experts.
2) My narrative point was this is a satire. As a science fiction writer I could just pour all of those trope believably into a story, and explain not only why they are used to convince laypeople, but why they are wrong.
Well done, David. Could certainly be a whole book or movie but the Author's Notes are even better. One thing is for sure....what really happens tomorrow, next week, next year is NEVER quite what we expected. I wonder if it is all a little blip on the screen.