Ask the Author: Calum Chace
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Calum Chace
I don't really get it, but that's probably because I'm happy to wander about until the next idea comes to me. I'm an impatient person, but I don't set myself hard writing deadlines, as I don't want it to become a chore.
Calum Chace
Not only are you your own boss; you're also the boss of a whole world of characters that you give life to. Sometimes they can get unruly, though.
You have to be comfortable being on your own a lot. If you are, it can be a very rewarding activity.
You have to be comfortable being on your own a lot. If you are, it can be a very rewarding activity.
Calum Chace
Read a lot; write a lot.
Calum Chace
A non-fiction book about artificial intelligence, its promise and peril. Short-term there is the threat of very rapid automation of jobs in many - if not most - industries. Longer term there is the possibility of human-level AI - a conscious machine.
Both of these developments could be very good for us, or very bad. And I think we need to be talking about them.
Both of these developments could be very good for us, or very bad. And I think we need to be talking about them.
Calum Chace
Sometimes I get excited by an idea for a plot twist, or by something one of my characters might decide or do. Other times it's more a matter of perspiration than inspiration.
Calum Chace
In 1999 I read a book that made me consider the possibility that human-level artificial intelligence might arrive in my lifetime - or my daughter's. That was quite a shock, and I've been thinking about the implications ever since.
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