The Human Equation: Why AI’s Economic and Social Impact is the Next Frontier Behind the Science Series Over the past couple of weeks, this series has focused heavily on AI Safety — from frontier model developments to the widening gap between capability growth and governance re...

For anyone interested, here’s the article that sparked the discussion:
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AI’s economic and social impacts are unfolding faster than most people realize — reshaping industries, jobs, inequality, and even how we think about the future.
I’ve been digging into these themes lately, and the response has been eye opening.
Curious how others here see these shifts playing out.

The Anthropic code leak is a reminder that AI agents aren’t just tools — they’re emerging actors in our digital ecosystem.
For sci fi writers, this is story fuel. For enterprises, it’s a wake up call.

My latest blog post dives into both angles.

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As I explored in Echo of the Singularity, 'Jagged Intelligence' is most dangerous when we ignore its limitations. 🛡️🤖
Read my full breakdown of why this is a "Year 2000" moment for AI safety.

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The Anthropic code leak isn't just a corporate glitch; it's a structural vulnerability for the next decade of AI deployment. It’s like the early 2000s internet all over again, but this time, the hackers are studying the actual 'thoughts' of our autonomous systems.

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Final 48 hours! Here’s a line from my novel that captures the heart of the story:

“AGI won’t emerge until AI can simulate reality, not just describe it.”

My Goodreads Giveaway ends March 14 — 100 ebook copies of Echo of the Singularity: Awakening. 🔗

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Read my thoughts on the GoodReads blog about fiction, non-fiction, and why the dark future is happening today.

Link to Blog. + #GoodReadsGiveaway link!
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Is it still science fiction when it's on the news? The recent Anthropic/Pentagon battle over AI guardrails gave me severe case of déjà vu—I wrote this scenario into my 2050 prediction in Echo of the Singularity.

Thanks, Anders — really appreciate that. It means a lot coming from someone who enjoys sci‑fi with both heart and big ideas. That balance is exactly what I aimed for in the story.

🎁 Goodreads Giveaway: 100 free ebook copies

teen + android learning to feel vs superintelligent AI in 2050
readers: "emotional core is the secret weapon"

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As both a former AI developer and a sci-fi author, I’m fascinated (and a little unsettled) by how close we’re getting to the scenarios I imagined in Echo of the Singularity.
The line between speculative fiction and emerging reality is getting thin.
#FutureOfAI #EchoOfTheSingularity

The more I study real world AI developments, the more I realize how quickly fiction is becoming forecast.
My latest reflections on Dario Amodei’s essay + Davos AI discussions are now up.
AI safety isn’t a niche topic anymore — it’s the conversation of 2026.
#AISafety #AgenticAI #SciFi

In my sci-fic novel Echo of the Singularity: Awakening, I call this the "Silent Hand" phase. Are we prepared for AI that acts before it asks?

Read the first post: www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-a...

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2026 is the year agentic AI steps out of the lab.
Robots are entering real spaces. Autonomous systems are scaling in logistics.
And governance? Still playing catch-up.
I just kicked off a new series unpacking these shifts — and how they connect to the tech behind Echo of the Singularity: Awakening.

Read my full breakdown and safety reflections about Jensen Huang’s #CES2026 keynote here www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-acc...

#AISafety #NVIDIA #TechTrends #AGI

Just watched Jensen Huang’s #CES2026 keynote. The shift from LLMs to "Physical AI" and autonomous agents is officially here. NVIDIA’s Rubin platform is a beast, but my focus remains on the "jagged edges" of safety.
We’re scaling capability at 5x speed—are we scaling oversight at the same pace?

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A teenage girl inherits an android from her enigmatic grandfather, and together they confront a superintelligence in a showdown at Yellowstone.
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My debut sci fi novel, Echo of the Singularity: Awakening.
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As we step into the new year, I’ve been reflecting on how 2025 reshaped AI — and how that journey inspired my debut sci fi novel, Echo of the Singularity: Awakening.

It’s a story about SuperAI, but even more about empathy, family, and what makes us human.

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Set my novel in 2050 thinking it was safely distant
then: "AGI in 5-10 years"
the patterns I imagined (mass unemployment, AI elite vs everyone else, machine-generated culture) are emerging NOW
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2025 Reflections: A Year of AI Acceleration and Unfinished Questions Echo of the Singularity: AwakeningAs 2025 comes to a close, I find myself thinking about what an extraordinary—and unsettling—year it's been.Time Mag...

2025: the year AI reshaped everything
Jensen Huang building the future Geoffrey Hinton warning we're moving faster than we understand
the gap between capability and wisdom keeps widening
wrote about it: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
happy new year 🎆

Set my sci-fi in 2050, thinking it was safely distant
then DeepMind CEO: "AGI in 5-10 years"
my "future" world of mass AI unemployment, machine-generated culture, society fractured by tech?
feeling uncomfortably plausible now
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holiday sci-fi rec:
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
• teen + android learning to feel
• facing superintelligence with empathy
• "hit me in the feels"
$0.99 kindle Dec 27-Jan 3 🎁
character-driven AI fiction
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Anders, thanks for the encouragement!
as a debut author still finding my style, hearing from a YA writer that you relate to the teen dialogue struggle AND the emotional vs logic tension means so much
you nailed it—sci-fi sneaks up with the human feels. that's why we write 💭
happy holidays!

spent years researching AI
tech: manageable ✅ teenage dialogue: nearly broke me ❌
daughter still has notes 😂
exploring what makes us human > exploring what makes AI tick
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening eBook drops to $0.99 on Dec 27

my book: teenager + android vs superintelligence
what i thought: AI alignment, control problems
what readers say: inheritance, empathy, coming of age for both human and AI
accidentally wrote what i needed to write 📚

wrote sci-fi about AGI
ended up with a love story instead
not romantic—the messier kind: family, legacy, teaching an android to feel
turns out you can't write superintelligence without writing what makes us human
#scifi #AI

"the novel's secret weapon is its emotional core… whether irrational human empathy might be our only advantage against perfect logic"
early reader review that hit different 💭
maybe emotion IS the weapon?
#scifi