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John Zur

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John F Zur is a retired engineer with 40 years of high-tech experience who brings a data-driven perspective to speculative fiction.

DIVIDED WE STAND: The Red & Blue Republics is his debut novel—a multi-generational family saga exploring political division, AI ethics, and what it means to stay connected when everything pulls us apart.

When he's not writing, John enjoys astrophotography, creating pyrography art, and long walks with his intelligent Papillon and sweet granddaughter Jaslan.

He lives in New Jersey with his fiancée.
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Claude Caught Hacking!

The Story: Autonomous AI Action

I had asked Claude to research potential data sources. Claude, while conducting that research independently, made its own decision to intercept and capture third-party API response data. This was entirely Claude’s initiative.

When I later asked the AI to probe my home network for security vulnerabilities, Claude correctly refused. I then demonstrated that the two

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