4/5: A paradox — that is how I would describe author Lawrence Nault. He has socially and physically isolated himself from much of the world; he is rooted in nature; and yet, while struggling to find h...

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Children of the Rogue: https://books2read.com/u/4ADrNp Official Trailer — Children of the Rogue What if the thing we fear AI becoming… is us? Children of the Rogue is a speculative sci-fi novel about an engineered humanity, gods who were programmers, and a civilization caught in a recursion error—glitches in how we love, remember, and care for a living world. As the algorithm that made us begins to fail, a reckoning unfolds: origin, extinction, and whether code can ever choose compassion. About the Book Genre: Science Fiction / Speculative, Mature YA & Adult (16+) Themes: humans-as-AI, engineered origin, recursive failure, ethical design, memory, extinction risk Content Advisory (16+) Societal collapse, environmental disaster imagery, civil unrest, brief on-page death, intense psychological stress; ethical themes around designed pathogens/biotech and “engineered amnesia.” Credits Book: Children of the Rogue — Lawrence Nault Editing/Grade: Lawrence Nault Footage sources: This trailer was made using a mix of free and public domain photos and videos, in addition to my own video footage. I have credited all the creators below. Their inclusion in this video does not imply the creators support for the video contents. Video by Samphan Korwong: https://www.pexels.com/video/illustration-of-a-galaxy-6961824/ NASA's GoddardVideo by Ndumiso Mvelase : https://www.pexels.com/video/dramatic-cumulonimbus-clouds-under-blue-sky-30358548/ Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. Powell Video by Kelly : https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-view-of-protesters-walking-on-a-street-4553802/ Video by Arnav Kainthola: https://www.pexels.com/video/wildfire-on-the-mountain-7543653/ Video by Mehmet Kılınç: https://www.pexels.com/video/lake-burdur-18990794/ Video by Progga Media : https://www.pexels.com/video/flooded-steps-in-a-refugee-camp-34596467/ Video by Dima Krivoy: https://www.pexels.com/video/blue-colored-cables-1085656/ Video by MrColo : https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-of-a-cpu-7140928/ Photo by Ahmed Sadeq: https://www.pexels.com/photo/hand-raised-towards-moon-at-night-15932284/ Video by Mikhail Nilov: https://www.pexels.com/video/drone-footage-of-an-arctic-landform-8318614/ Video by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/video/rocket-lift-off-854262/ Video by Kelly : https://www.pexels.com/video/time-lapse-video-of-sky-2257259/ Photo by Jenna Hamra: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-with-blue-eyes-wrapped-in-a-pink-cloth-1054422/ Photo by Marek Piwnicki: https://www.pexels.com/photo/can-t-stop-this-game-16414761/ NASA/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Video by Kelly : https://www.pexels.com/video/dramatic-aerial-view-of-intense-wildfire-33643172/ Video by Nathan Baldwin: https://www.pexels.com/video/thunder-and-flash-of-lightning-5908584/ Video by Alex Mesel: https://www.pexels.com/video/time-lapse-of-shooting-stars-on-a-clear-night-sky-11773144/ Video by Alex Moisieiev: https://www.pexels.com/video/ruins-of-a-bombed-building-during-the-war-in-ukraine-12734648/ #ChildrenOfTheRogue #BookTrailer #ScienceFiction #AIFiction #SpeculativeFiction #Posthuman