From The Wilderness, Article Ninety-Nine

From The Wilderness, Article Ninety-Nine

FROM THE WILDERNESS Newsreel By James Strauss   Where did meritorious service, talent and expression go to die?  It didn’t’ go anywhere. It stayed right where it was, a giant target for the steamroller of advancing communication technology.  Instead of advancing...
From The Wilderness, Article Eighty-Nine

From The Wilderness, Article Eighty-Nine

A.I. Newsreel By James Strauss   At one time, a long while ago, I worked in Hawaii, part-time, with an organization called Dragon. Dragon was the name of a hastily put together company trying to create a writing program that would allow people to speak into a computer...
From The Wilderness, Article Twenty-Seven

From The Wilderness, Article Twenty-Seven

THE UNIQUE TROUBLE WITH DRONES Newsreel By James Strauss   Elon Musk is afraid that the coming of A.I. (artificial intelligence) among machines will be the end of the human species.  Science Fiction stories have been replete with such applied beliefs (think Fred...
Island In The Sand, Book 2, Part XI

Island In The Sand, Book 2, Part XI

ISLAND IN THE SAND BOOK II PART XI   Star stared at the robot, Ninety-One. The house was no longer communicating? Star knew her life, and the lives of everyone in her band were almost totally controlled by the house, while they were inside it, or the transport,...
Island In The Sand, Book 2, Part X

Island In The Sand, Book 2, Part X

ISLAND IN THE SAND ~ BOOK 2 PART X Star stood in the cave, staring at the machined walls of metal. She knew instantly where she was, although the shock of being in a conversation back at the dwelling while looking out over the valley below, and then instantly standing...