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Scientists Identify Seven Star Systems That May Be Hosting Alien Megastructures - Futurism
Excess of infrared from these seven stars COULD be evidence of energy-capturing Dyson spheres surrounding them—the ultimate technosignature. Still yet to find evidence of a single microbe beyond Earth. Per The Thing: “Watch the skies…”
How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI - Scientific American
Fascinating article about organizations trying foster positive sci-fi stories about AI. Good reason why AI sci-fi is mainly negative—more plausible given humankind’s record AND more interesting. My upcoming book The HONOR System is case in point.