Writing update. I've finally returned to my next story in the Orders of Magnitude universe. It's dark. Maybe the darkest thing I've written. Sign of the times. I also have two Dark Legacies projects in the works, to be announced soon. Really, really exciting stuff. Stay tuned.

John Carpenter says nobody has figured out the ending of The Thing correctly yet "Every idea that people have is not the right one, I know the right one... no one has guessed it" xitter.cf/AcademyMuseum/status/2…

Ben Affleck says AI is simply matrix multiplication, linear algebra and floating point calculations, and however convincingly it sounds like a person, it has nothing to do with thought, humanity or feeling “Nor do I believe, and I think it’s important to draw the distinction between what AI does, which is simply predict the next token or the next word in a sentence, then add that word on, run it back to the machine, do a lot of computation and pick the next word." "That is a very different thing than sentience or thought. And I think we need to be really clear about that because it can be convincingly, in an illusory way, sound like thought or like a person." "But let’s be real clear. This is matrix multiplication. This is linear algebra. These are floating point calculations. It has nothing to do with thought, humanity, or feeling.”

You can make the best food in the world, but if you're operating in a small town where residents have limited disposable income, you're fighting an uphill battle from day 1