TheDailyOculus t1_it9bu63 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:49 PM

Reply to comment by theophys in Scientists Are Gaming Out What Humanity Will Do If Aliens Make Contact by EricFromOuterSpace

"Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence". So, please. Go ahead.

TheDailyOculus t1_isahy94 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Reply to comment by tomwesley4644 in This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI | The Synthetic Party in Denmark is dedicated to following a platform churned out by an AI, and its public face is a chatbot named Leader Lars. by mossadnik

Well, I was kinda happy with my new invention, and then when I realized it was hypothesized already in the 60s/70s (or whenever), I kinda lost that spark to keep writing it. I might have also lost it when my old computer crashed...

The story involved a space race between the usual state actors, a female engineer surviving malicious sabotage on the Mars-sol plasma relay station, and one unknown outside force...

TheDailyOculus t1_is9zcmz wrote on October 14, 2022 at 11:46 AM

Reply to comment by moodRubicund in This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI | The Synthetic Party in Denmark is dedicated to following a platform churned out by an AI, and its public face is a chatbot named Leader Lars. by mossadnik

It's tough. I have an old draft for a story where people are building a mega-structure around the sun to harvest energy. Then I happened upon the concept "Dyson sphere" and binned it.