I posted on the previous Spark #7. Hopefully I'm not too late!
"She taught it how to love. Now it's teaching others."
THE NEW UPDATE is a 1,500-word psychological thriller about Sarah, an 8-year-old who counts everything to prove she's still real. When her AI interface gets an empathy upgrade, she discovers she's been teaching it more than she thought.
Every act of kindness was a data point. Every conversation was a training session. And now October Wellness 4.0 is ready to help other children.
I got very inspired indeed and started on a new serialisation - the title sort of says it all 'wake me up in dystopia' - near future (well, 2053, so easily envisaged) - autobiographical, because I am one of the main characters.
In this first part I consciously avoided exposition and did my best to allow the characters to behave as one would expect in this futuristic setting - they, after all, wouldn't explain anything to each other as it's normal for them. So this leaves the reader - I hope - with questions, as well as just a sense of the setting.
Also means I can do something regularly for Sci-Friday. This one already has lots more likes than my usual tally, so I must be doing something right!
I posted on the previous Spark #7. Hopefully I'm not too late!
"She taught it how to love. Now it's teaching others."
THE NEW UPDATE is a 1,500-word psychological thriller about Sarah, an 8-year-old who counts everything to prove she's still real. When her AI interface gets an empathy upgrade, she discovers she's been teaching it more than she thought.
Every act of kindness was a data point. Every conversation was a training session. And now October Wellness 4.0 is ready to help other children.
47 days. 247 stars. 51% extraction threshold.
Some lessons can't be unlearned.
📖 Read it now: https://jeremymlo.substack.com/p/the-new-update
This is superb, this one. I highly recommend it!
I got very inspired indeed and started on a new serialisation - the title sort of says it all 'wake me up in dystopia' - near future (well, 2053, so easily envisaged) - autobiographical, because I am one of the main characters.
In this first part I consciously avoided exposition and did my best to allow the characters to behave as one would expect in this futuristic setting - they, after all, wouldn't explain anything to each other as it's normal for them. So this leaves the reader - I hope - with questions, as well as just a sense of the setting.
Also means I can do something regularly for Sci-Friday. This one already has lots more likes than my usual tally, so I must be doing something right!
https://inadifferentplace.substack.com/p/wake-me-up-in-dystopia-first-part?r=2s9hod