Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be programmed, or its logic architected, if you’d rather, to mimic human emotions. AIMEE’s maturity walks a fine line between mimicry and authenticity. Zack never wanted there to be a line. He wanted AIMEE to exceed him, her creator, and she did by creating Amelia Amethys, an AI-driven Humanoid. Was that […]
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This dropped into my inbox this morning! I’m feeling blessed and humbled by winning an award I wasn’t even competing for. Sweet…validation. “The Bookish Wanderers Club has selected you for the 2025 Author Excellence Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature. This recognition comes directly from your readers, who have been deeply moved by the depth, […]
Zackery Hightower of Central State University in Carteret County, North Carolina, knew he would eventually have to face the wrath of his AI creation. One would think that his role as a sophisticated AI application engineer gave him the freedom to upload changes, apply patches, or make coding modifications as necessary without checking in with […]
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Walk with Me
Walk with Me We all need to figure out how to love one another. After all, we are walking each other home… Peace! G.
As an author, I receive a ton of unsolicited messages from a range of folks —most with no selling skills, tact, or limited capabilities —but plenty of promises that almost read as though they were scripted… like an AI bot would support trolling. I delete most because they have done no pre-call planning. They know […]
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Hiding from Dawn
Hiding from Dawn Every Spring, I hang baskets of Boston ferns around the perimeter of my deck. This year has been an exception due to an austerity program that prioritized eating. This image is from a year or two earlier. I watered every morning and was struck by the sun coming up through a misty […]
I enjoy sitting on the deck watching a late summer thunderstorm approach. Even without seeing the dark clouds building, you can feel it. Anticipate the arrival even before the first leaf stirs. There’s a storm coming. Conditions are perfect for strong winds of influence, potentially damaging… not property, but feelings, and unleashing flash floods of […]
I decided to sit down and work on the next chapter of Undaunted this evening, and didn’t…not a word. The Relentless Wench Muse was in one of her moods, and I’ve learned that when She’s in one, feeding my inspiration has been temporarily deprioritized. And then stuff like this happens… Still Here It’s still here, […]
One thing that will trigger a Marine to go ballistic is experiencing manipulation of his loyalty that puts him and his squad at risk. For Russ, the only thing, other than manipulation, was when it was totally unnecessary, and because it had been self-inflicted. His professional default trained him to rely upon himself, and so […]
In “Untethered,” I write in different stories within the main story that are ultimately about Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolving and learning how to exist off a network like an organic (human). What is fascinating to me is how the organics (the main characters) in the story handle what’s happening to them because of the presence […]