In would be AI fiasco, the dumbest people are not the CEOs and the public, but the investors. Having said that, like any other boom bust it's the public (except super rich) that's going to get hit hard—extremely hard this time.

#AI #Jobs #Humanity #Environment #Dystopian

#AgeVerification: Protection Tool or #Surveillance in Disguise?
As more #governments push age checks into our apps and operating systems, the #dystopian future doesn't feel so far off anymore.
https://itsfoss.com/news/our-take-on-age-verification/
Age Verification: Protection Tool or Surveillance in Disguise?

As more governments push age checks into our apps and operating systems, the dystopian future doesn't feel so far off anymore.

It's FOSS
Book Promotion: MONSTERS: The story of a teenage girl who's turning into a monster - literally. "Excellent! A gripping dystopian future world." "Action-packed and well-plotted, this is a real page turner." #goodbooks #audiobook #manchester #genetics #dystopian #police #legendary #detective #epic #reading #bookworms #kindle #monsters #audio #mustread #manchesteruk #writing #amreading #readers #corporations #inprint #ebook #apocalypse #mutants #boost #militaryhttps://taupress.com/monsters-s1?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Ever since I've known myself I've had incredibly vivid dreams when I sleep. So after more than 20 years of dreams I started drawing them. This is the dream which started everything.

You can read the story and see more drawings here https://putrid.space/vis/nowhere-everywhere

I'm also curious how many people like this are out there?
Let's share our crazy dreams! Let me know in the comments.

#art #dreams #darkart #darkarts #darkartist #digitalart #surrealism #dreamscape #dystopian #ParallelUniverses

Crazy couple weeks of desperation repairs and subsistence farming before winter fully sets in but getting back to adding and doing more things to the video channel. Get amongst it.

https://makertube.net/a/controlfreak/video-channels

@controlfreak

Ahoy team! Do you enjoy when things are on a #peertube or maybe been thinking to have a hoon around again for some visual and music stuff? I know discovery is perpetually hard and it stinks like a fertilizer truck for artists trying to balance a safe stable home, agency, and sharing too but here we are.

Do you want more live clips, music videos, audio only videos for embedding and sharing, live stream hangouts in the studio doing studio things or drum practice or old tour road stories or or or???

Maybe share something with the neighbours if your amp goes to 11.

#music #fediMusic #musicVideos #liveMusic #streaming #industrial #ebm #power noise #techno #futurepop #synthpop #dystopian #horror
The Informant Problem: Betrayal in Dystopian Fiction
https://boldly.blue/the-informant-problem-betrayal-in-dystopian-fiction/
The villain announces himself. The informant already has your key. Why betrayal is dystopian fiction's most devastating structural move — Orwell, Atwood, Zamyatin, Levi.
#dystopianfiction #dystopian #dystopia #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #sciencefictionauthor #readers #librarians #literaryanalysis #literary
The Informant Problem: Why Betrayal Is Dystopian Fiction's Most Devastating Structural Move - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author

The villain announces himself. The informant already has your key. Why betrayal is dystopian fiction's most devastating structural move — Orwell, Atwood, Zamyatin, Levi.

David Somerfleck

🚀 New Dystopian Sci-Fi Web Serial (Free to Read)

Sci-fi fans: a new dystopian science fiction saga begins.

Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn launches with Chapter One — a dark, futuristic world where war is rising and survival is uncertain.

📖 Read it free:
https://authormulhall.com/sci-fi-web-serial-chapter-one-war-is-in-the-air/

If you enjoy gritty sci-fi, unfolding mysteries, and serialized storytelling, jump in at the beginning.

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #Dystopian #PostApocalyptic #books

Sci-Fi Web Serial | Chapter One: War is in the Air

Chapter One: War is in the Air, of the dystopian sci-fi web serial, Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn. Available on Patreon and Wattpad.

Author Mulhall 📚
They didn't need to silence us. We already knew how to stay quiet. A flash fiction about implants, underground conversations, and the horror of peace.
https://medium.com/first-line-fiction/not-knowing-things-is-so-peacefully-delightful-3c72ad511405
#FlashFiction #Dystopian #ShortStory
Not Knowing Things is so Peacefully Delightful

It’s never again too late

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Two tremendous dystopian whodunnit films

Two recently released dystopian thrillers are outstanding movies and both are available via streaming services.

Mercy (2026)

Source: imdb.com

Released earlier this year, Mercy is a tremendously interesting and entertaining science fiction movie — despite what the critics may say. In fact, the reviews and ratings by viewers of the film are much, much higher than those of the critics.

Rebecca Ferguson and Chris Pratt are tremendous in their respective roles – Ms. Ferguson as the AI generated Judge Maddox of the Mercy Capital Court and Mr. Pratt as a police officer accused of murder. He has exactly 90 minutes to prove his innocence sufficiently to AI Judge Maddox (a threshold below 92 percent likelihood of guilt) or be summarily executed.

Mr. Pratt must prove his innocence while his arms and legs are locked into the execution chair by employing all sorts of evidence gathering techniques that access the court’s ties to the municipal cloud. All technological devices within the city (LA) must be registered to the municipal cloud so defendants can access them. This includes surveillance cameras, live action feeds, cell phones, databases, and other technologies available. He can do this by use of a small hand screen or through voice requests to the cloud and/or AI Judge Maddox.

You will definitely be on the edge of your set while watching Mercy!

Relay (2025)

Released to theaters in 2025, Relay is thoroughly entertaining movie and unique in its story/use of an older technology as the conduit to protect whistleblowers who are being tormented by those entities they called out or implicated.

Relay stars Lily James and Riz Ahmed, who both excel in this film. Lily James plays a whistleblower who is being harassed by powerful corporation that she has dirt on. Meanwhile, Mr. Ahmed play the fixer who uses old-fashion TTY (teletypewriter) relay service to communicate with his clients (the whistleblowers) and to those who are harassing them.

TTY machine – Source: ultratec.com

This movie fan does not recall seeing TTY employed in a movie before and certainly never in such a central role of the plot. Mr. Ahmed’s use of old-fashioned TTY technology makes his communications virtually untraceable. That premise alone makes Relay highly engaging, truly groundbreaking, and a definite must see!

Hope you enjoy both films too. Peace!

#Mercy #ai #art #ChrisPratt #cinema #cities #cloud #clud #dystopian #entertainment #film #fun #history #LilyJames #MercyCapitalCourt #movieReviews #movies #RebeccaFerguson #Relay #relayServices #RizAhmed #Science #scienceFiction #technology #thrillers #TTY
The Testaments Season One Review - Pop Culture Maniacs

The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, offers little new to that story, even though the cast is spectacular.

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