Artificial Intelligence

The Singularity: Flashpoint or Slow Burn?

19 December 2025 / Cameron Cooper

Tech futurists Ray Kurzweil and Kevin Kelly offer radically different visions of the Singularity—one fast and transformative, the other slow and uneven. In this post, I explore both views, share a surprising take from ChatGPT, and offer my own perspective on how the future might unfold—not with a bang, but in a hundred quiet revolutions.

AI at Worldcon: Friend or Foe?

16 May 2025 / Cameron Cooper

So, Worldcon 2025 is making headlines, but not the kind you’d put on the back of a Hugo-winning novel. The organizing committee decided to use ChatGPT to help vet over 1,300 panelist submissions. They intended to streamline the flood of applications, maybe catch a few red flags, keep things moving.

Except it’s not going well.