There’s a lot in the media at the moment concerning Artificial Intelligence, some hailing it as the next industrial revolution, others as Armageddon waiting to happen. I know science fiction over the years has been full of the latter. However, as any writer will tell you a good story needs conflict and in sci-fi what’s better than man vs. machine?. I also know that Stephen Hawking is suggesting we, or at least some of us, need to get of this planet before the end of the century and find a new home before AI becomes too powerful. I just don’t see why it has to be that way. Why does it have to be the alarmist view? Although, I admit neither I nor the professor will be around at that time, mores the pity.
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I enjoy my science fiction and my fantasy. When I pick up a book (or these days download) in one of these genres I guess I know what I’m getting, I’m on safe ground. Also, as a writer if I stick to a genre I know where I’m going with my books. I know where they will “fit”. This is very much the case with the Bleak books and Project Noah. They are very firmly in the science fiction camp. There’s nothing wrong with that. I enjoyed writing them and from the feedback I’ve had people enjoy reading them.
The first book I published and whose sequels are written and waiting to be finalised (they occasionally nag at me to be published) is a little different. While still very much science fiction it has an element of fantasy in that I give a “scientific” reason for the existence of Fairies (you’ll understand if you read it).
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There’s a lot in the media at the moment concerning Artificial Intelligence, some hailing it as the next industrial revolution, others as Armageddon waiting to happen. I know science fiction over the years has been full of the latter. However, as any writer will tell you a good story needs conflict and in sci-fi what’s better than man vs. machine?. I also know that Stephen Hawking is suggesting we, or at least some of us, need to get of this planet before the end of the century and find a new home before AI becomes too powerful. I just don’t see why it has to be that way. Why does it have to be the alarmist view? Although, I admit neither I nor the professor will be around at that time, mores the pity. 
