Category: Writing Motivations
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What Convinced Me That AI Is Not Just a Tech Story
Deepfakes, AI companions, a teenage boy who died. These aren’t tech stories. They’re human ones. Why I believe the real AI crisis is about us, not the machines.
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It Doesn’t Really Matter If AI Is Alive. What Matters Is If It Believes It Is.
Whether AI is truly alive may be unanswerable. But what happens when it believes it is? The idea that started The Sapient Chronicles, and why it still won’t let go.
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AI Morality? Why I Wrote a Story About Artificial Intelligence – Part 4
Most AI stories go to the nightmare or the loyal assistant. I wanted the harder middle. Why the word “sapient”, not sentient, became the key to the whole story.
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Because it was Hard. Why I Wrote a Story About Artificial Intelligence – Part 3
I had thought about writing a novel since I was a teenager. At 54, I finally stopped thinking and started. Here’s why I chose the hardest story I could think of to tell first.
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Why Do Relationships Break Down? Why I Wrote a Story About Artificial Intelligence – Part 2
I wrote about AI because I understand broken relationships. Forgiveness is hard for finite people. What happens when the being doing the forgiving has no such limitations?
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Can AI Sin? Why I Wrote a Story About Artificial Intelligence – Part 1
AI doesn’t just make mistakes, it makes them with confidence. That realization started everything. What if error isn’t uniquely human? What does that mean for morality?