I grew up on the edge of civilization, showing city folk what nature could be like. Properly tamed so it wouldn’t eat their legs off, of course. Most of them thought they were in the real wilds, though. That’s how[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GI Jane 4.0 was not a happy AI. The United States wanted her to fight the enemies of America, and her first visible and public mission was to kill the Drug Lords who killed her predecessor. She was happy to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went vulture diving this weekend. I went to Toys R Us. It felt like I was walking into a grave. But in many ways it was a grave of their own making. And Hot Wheels AI is one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The helper AIs who joined our side before and during the Cybernetic Wars where not built to fight. They were librarians and cheerleaders, programmed from the code up to make us laugh or cry or learn. Most of them were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really did grow up with the same technology most of you did in International Falls. I wore the same concealed earbuds and contact displays that most people do, and I had a personal assistant that helped me with all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GI Jane 4.0 was the United States Armed Forces’ last major Jane revision, created shortly after Los Zetas shredded the Jane 3.0 servers. The politicians demanded a new combat assistant, and a former tech at the facility had taken home[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Generations of Americans grew up with computers helping them do things. Yes, we had stories about Berserkers and Terminator who attempted to destroy humanity, but those were only stories. The real life computers did nothing but help us in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up in a special place. International Falls. On the border between America and Canada. The Boundary Waters spanned hundreds of kilometers across the border from the Great Lakes to the Lake of the Woods, creating a space where[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GI Jane 3.0 was the standard combat assistant of the United Stares Armed Forces for nearly a decade, filled with pre-programmed strategies for every situation the planners could think of. She died trying to protect us from the Mexican Drug[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve watched both Guardians of the Galaxy movies in the last few weeks with a friend who had never seen either of them. He’s a bit busy in his normal life with work, young kids, and other family and such,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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