4) I don't think AI will ever enslave us or exterminate all humans. But if I'm wrong, let's rebrand humanity and sing Perry Farrell's chorus 🎵"We'll make great pets"🎶 youtu.be/BKMcoIWnc04?...

It can do an amazing amount of work, but it all too regularly goes off in its own directions, disregarding users, no matter the specificity, unambiguousness, and thoroughness of our instructions.
AI has got to get better at #RedTeaming. 4/cont'd...

3) Though AI is only getting better, for now, it's a bit like a #GenZnepoBaby with a "#NewbornQ in #StarTrek"—level of powers. 3/cont'd...

2) Eventually (perhaps scary soon), an ever-increasing portion of the workforce won't be able to economically "out-compete" their silicon competition for any job (pray for UBI over war). 2/cont'd...

THANKS! 🙏 Inspirations: George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Nora Ephron, Tracey Ullman, Monty Python, Bill Hicks, Billy Crystal, Sam Kinnison, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt, and many others. Not to mention yet more comics whom I love but don't remotely sync comedically. Your favs?

#immortalitybytes won both Best Science Fiction and Best Political Fiction in the #AmericanWritingAwards (2024).
Plus, it was a Finalist for Best Debut Novel and Best Humor/Comedy/Satire.
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Winner “Best Humor/Satire” in the #Storytrade Awards (a #Reedsy “Top Writing Contest” 2024) #immortalitybytes
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In the 7th Annual AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS, IMMORTALITY BYTES won “Best Science Fiction: Cyberpunk” and was named a finalist in four additional categories — Humor/Comedy/Satire, Thriller: Techno, Cross Genre Fiction, and Visionary Fiction.
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