Category Archives: fiction

Amoebaʻs Lorica: Dragonflight Scramble!

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Amoeba

I wish that I could fly Into the sky So very high Just like a dragonfly I’d fly above the trees Over the seas in all degrees To anywhere I please – “Fly Away“, Lenny Kravitz A sunny summer morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Amoeba's Lorica, critters, fiction, satire | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AI: Learning Curve

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Amoeba

“In A.I. race, Microsoft and Google choose speed over caution.” – News headline “We will be pets. Maybe we won’t be food.” – Overheard conversation at a physician’s office, April 2023 A single chime rang through Charles’s cell at Alexa … Continue reading →

Posted in AI, Amoeba's Lorica, fiction, We the People | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

AI: The Hero of the Hour

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Amoeba

A work of fiction in the alternative-history mode. Alexander Fleming sat, or, rather, sprawled, on a chair in the second-floor room of his country cottage, the white face under its silver hair a talisman of misery. “The Dhoon” was on … Continue reading →

Posted in AI, Amoeba's Lorica, fiction, history, science, We the People | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on AI: The Hero of the Hour