AI SF

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."

Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.

https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle

No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

re you sure this isn't a prompt for an AI? I'm seeing a *lot* of
badly written AI stories on Youtube, read by an AI voice, and
illustrated with AI images.

pt

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

re you sure this isn't a prompt for an AI? I'm seeing a *lot* of
badly written AI stories on Youtube, read by an AI voice, and
illustrated with AI images.
pt

? I thought it was pretty clearly a prompt, given that it starts
with "Prompt:".

[Titus G]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

re you sure this isn't a prompt for an AI? I'm seeing a *lot* of
badly written AI stories on Youtube, read by an AI voice, and
illustrated with AI images.
pt

? I thought it was pretty clearly a prompt, given that it starts
with "Prompt:".

I think pt means promotion. (Advertisement.)

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Titus G

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

re you sure this isn't a prompt for an AI? I'm seeing a *lot* of
badly written AI stories on Youtube, read by an AI voice, and
illustrated with AI images.
pt

? I thought it was pretty clearly a prompt, given that it starts
with "Prompt:".

I think pt means promotion. (Advertisement.)

Ah, OK. Don't think I've heard that usage. I still haven't gone back yet,
but I didn't get that impression.

[Cryptoengineer]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Titus G

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>

Post by Cryptoengineer

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

re you sure this isn't a prompt for an AI? I'm seeing a *lot* of
badly written AI stories on Youtube, read by an AI voice, and
illustrated with AI images.
pt

? I thought it was pretty clearly a prompt, given that it starts
with "Prompt:".

I think pt means promotion. (Advertisement.)

Ah, OK. Don't think I've heard that usage. I still haven't gone back yet,
but I didn't get that impression.

"Writing prompts" are a thing for human writers too, particularly
in fanfiction.

I don't know who or what the creator of this prompt was hoping would
fulfill it.

pt

[Don]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

tl;dnr THE TENTH CIRCLE curator commentary.

Nonetheless, it's sensible for someone such as Salacious B. Crumb to
command Hell from the tenth circle. Because it betrays boastful "Better
to reign in hell than serve in heaven" rhetoric.

Danke,

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telltale tall tail /, _.. \ _\ (`._ ,. Walk humbly with thy God.
tells tall tales.. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' Make 1984 fiction again.

[Robert Carnegie]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid.

You get a story about an ass trader, in the
form of 10,000 Wordles.

[Lynn McGuire]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
One guy is hmm, curating?, AI SF stories on substack. Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it. I'm surfing at the bagel shop. Maybe later.

Well, that was scary.

Lynn

[Jay Morris]

Post by Lynn McGuire

One guy is hmm, curating?,  AI SF stories on substack.  Looks like
he's acting as a movie producer: "Get me a script about..."
    Prompt: Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asetroid
    miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The
    miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he
    really pines for his family back home. He has a number of
    robots to keep him company, including one which helps him
    with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how
    inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about
    descending through Dante's circles of hell. The overall
    message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to
    Sartres No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but
    I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction
    story--think something akin to Alastair Reynolds' style.
    https://aiscifi.substack.com/p/the-tenth-circle
No, I haven't read it.  I'm surfing at the bagel shop.  Maybe later.

Well, that was scary.
Lynn

Yes. And the name through me for a minute. Dave Friedman