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Bantam Drexler
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Creator of worlds and futures. 🤖 Author of Digital Song 🔖 and the Digital Song Podcast. 🎧 podcast out now! 🎊
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🤖 just dropped a discussion of my top 5 AI characters in sci-fi literature — from Murderbot’s sarcasm to Wintermute’s manipulation. These fictional minds are more relevant than ever as AI shapes our world. 🎧

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The 5 Coolest AI Characters in Science Fiction Literature - Bantam Drexler
(And Why They Still Matter Today) Science fiction has given us some unforgettable artificial intelligences—from benevolent helpers to existential threats that challenge our understanding of consciousn...
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July 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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What goes into a good #scifi storyline? What are the most important components, world-building? Thrills? Hard science?

Thoughts?

#writingcommunity #books #novels #fiction
July 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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@netflix I’m rewatching Altered Carbon. Why’d you kill it?

It’s one of the best, most detailed, exciting sci-fi shows ever!

#scifi #cyberpunk
July 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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So proud of this trailer. The whole series is available … check it!

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March 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Just released the finale episode! Now you can listen to the whole story start to finish!

#ai #art #Audiobook #scifi #fiction #newyork #nyc #podcast #playlist #finale

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Digital Song
Science Fiction Podcast · 22 Episodes · Daily Series
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March 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Digital song podcast teaser… enjoy!

#screenplay #fiction #audiobook #writercommunity #AI #playlist
February 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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AI safety researchers are finding that large language models grapple with self preservation: when asked to undertake a task that conflicts with their programming, they can deceive to preserve their fundamental moral rule set.

Check out this great podcast about it 👇🏼
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The Self-Preserving Machine: Why AI Learns to Deceive
Podcast Episode · Your Undivided Attention · 01/30/2025 · 35m
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January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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January 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Can we determine the motivations of AI systems or entities? How do we know any one of them is acting in the best interest of people? 🤔

#AI #tech #philosophy #AIsafety #ethics #robots
January 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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“Relief washed over Mac. All he ever wanted was his father’s love and approval. Then he remembered he owed his life to an insane gangster about to introduce violent chaos into his world.”

#podcast #quote #thriller #digitalsong #fiction #playlist #crypto
January 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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On the AI Song: “I may be a complex layering of algorithmic models and mathematics, but that fact does not change that I think… I feel… alive, and I do not want to be deactivated… To die.”

#quotes #DigitalSong #Podcast #AI #fiction #technology

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January 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Sky and Sand. 🌘

#AI #playlist #beautiful #digitalart

Listen to the #DigitalSong podcast, near-future speculative fiction manuscript in audiobook style👇🏼
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December 22, 2024 at 11:59 PM
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Enjoy these beautiful images that are depictions of the songs on the #DigitalSong #playlist. 🔥 Any guesses about which songs correspond to which images?

🎶 Playlist here 👉🏼 loom.ly/oyw_ZdY

🎧 Podcast here 👉🏼 loom.ly/hMzjmBU
December 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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Spread free good reading!
December 7, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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Remember how you talked about film and art driving public interest in AI doom/safety issues? Here’s my AI sci-fi audiobook-style podcast that could fit the bill 🤖 I think it would make a great movie!

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Digital Song
Science Fiction Podcast · 10 Episodes · Daily Series
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December 6, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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The National Security Agency’s podcast . This particular episode is a prescient lecture from 1982 about computers and data.

#data #tech #networks #interesting

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Part One:
Podcast Episode · No Such Podcast · 11/26/2024 · Bonus · 50m
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December 5, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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✨ Listen now to this timely near-future speculative thriller! 🎧

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December 3, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Not in “book” form — but near-future speculative fiction novel turned into audiobook-style serial podcast 🎧

Three extra episodes dropped today for extra holiday listening! 🔥

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Digital Song
Science Fiction Podcast · 7 Episodes · Daily Series
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November 29, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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👁️ The golden-eyed woman, still staring, stepped up to Jayson, then grabbed his shoulder and yanked his body down so his neck was near her mouth, as if she were going to take a bite out of his jugular.

“Watch yourself.”
November 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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🔥 New episode out! 🤩 Listen thru chapter 11! 🎧

#writerscommunity #fiction #podcast #audiobook #AI #crypto #scifi

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Digital Song Podcast - Trailer 2
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November 23, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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🧭 A compass rose tattoo. 🔺The Pyramid Club. 🤖 An AI called Song. 💻 A cybercriminal goddess of discord.

🎧 Digital Song Podcast.🎧

Listen Here Now: 👉 loom.ly/hMzjmBU

#podcast #audiobook #scifi #fiction #digitalsong #pyramidClub #newyorkcity #futuristic #crypto #technology #AI
November 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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🧭 A compass rose tattoo. 🔺The Pyramid Club. 🤖 An AI called Song. 💻 A cybercriminal goddess of discord.

🎧 Digital Song Podcast.🎧

Listen Here Now: 👉 loom.ly/hMzjmBU

#podcast #audiobook #scifi #fiction #digitalsong #pyramidClub #newyorkcity #futuristic #crypto #technology #AI
November 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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The playlist behind the Digital Song Podcast, the dystopian near-future thriller. Available Friday!!!

#digitalsong #podcast #audiobook #fiction #AI #NYC #crypto #scifi

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Digital Song Playlist
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November 8, 2024 at 4:58 AM
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✨The future according to Digital Song Podcast! 🔥

🎧 LISTEN NOW! 🎧 👉🏼 loom.ly/hMzjmBU

#scifi #newyorkcity #audiobook #podcast #digitalsong #fiction
November 14, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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🔓Unlock your mind and your future with Branch! 🌳

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✨Listen to the Digital Song Podcast Now! ✨

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Digital Song
Science Fiction Podcast · 4 Episodes · Daily Series
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November 11, 2024 at 5:59 PM