Links for 24-02-2007
AI and anthropomorphism, Scalzi opens his accounts to the public, list of links to free sf stories online…
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1 – Humanlike AI is Anthropomorphism
“…when a typical smart person first confronts the human species life-or-death problem of Friendly AI, they think that using the same strategies we use to produce nice humans will work with AIs, like being nice to the AI.”
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“NASA and Virgin Galactic announce a ground breaking and exciting agreement between the two parties to collaborate in future manned space technology.” Blimey. He’s come a long way since the Sex Pistols.
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3 – The Money Entry 2007: Science Fiction Income
“2006 was an interesting year for me in this regard, primarily because it’s the first year that, frankly, I’ve gotten any substantial amount of income from science fiction.” Scalzi shows us the cashbook.
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4 – Free Speculative Fiction Online: Links to Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories Online
“All stories are available for free. This site does not link to pirated SF! Sites violating the copyright of the respective stories by making them accessible without the author’s and/or publisher’s agreement are not included.” Says it all, really.
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5 – Greg Bear’s ‘Blood Music’ – online, in full
The entire text of the original ‘Blood Music’ nanotech story, online as a teaser for Bear’s forthcoming shorts collection at Tor Books. Via MundaneSF.
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“…collection of photos illustrating visually the HTML tags.” Via the DoubleBoing.
