Here's a YASID that came up on another feed today, with some ruminations about AI hallucinations as well:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/do-androids-dream-of-fake-books
I asked, "Can you identify a sci-fi short story about a
group of humans stranded in their reinforced habitat on a
world dominated by hostile animals trying to genetically
change themselves generation by generation to be able to
survive among the hostile fauna on the planet?" My description
of the plot continued, "When the last generation is released
they do wipe out the animals outside, but immediately start
digging in to attack their parent generation. The last line
in the short story is something like "There's Donald now."
And so I set Grok to work.
(spoiler: He does not get an answer).
Here's a YASID that came up on another feed today, with some ruminations
about AI hallucinations as well:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/do-androids-dream-of-fake-books
I asked, "Can you identify a sci-fi short story about a
group of humans stranded in their reinforced habitat on a
world dominated by hostile animals trying to genetically
change themselves generation by generation to be able to
survive among the hostile fauna on the planet?" My description
of the plot continued, "When the last generation is released
they do wipe out the animals outside, but immediately start
digging in to attack their parent generation. The last line
in the short story is something like "There's Donald now."
And so I set Grok to work.
(spoiler: He does not get an answer).
“Surface Tension” by James Blish.
In article <vvu8pk$1dc0a$1@dont-email.me>, Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 13/05/25 10:08, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
Here's a YASID that came up on another feed today, with some ruminations >>> about AI hallucinations as well:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/do-androids-dream-of-fake-books
I asked, "Can you identify a sci-fi short story about a
group of humans stranded in their reinforced habitat on a
world dominated by hostile animals trying to genetically
change themselves generation by generation to be able to
survive among the hostile fauna on the planet?" My description
of the plot continued, "When the last generation is released
they do wipe out the animals outside, but immediately start
digging in to attack their parent generation. The last line
in the short story is something like "There's Donald now."
And so I set Grok to work.
(spoiler: He does not get an answer).
“Surface Tension” by James Blish.
Hmm. That's not how I recall ST at all.
Here's a YASID that came up on another feed today, with some ruminations about AI hallucinations as well:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/do-androids-dream-of-fake-books
I asked, "Can you identify a sci-fi short story about a
group of humans stranded in their reinforced habitat on a
world dominated by hostile animals trying to genetically
change themselves generation by generation to be able to
survive among the hostile fauna on the planet?" My description
of the plot continued, "When the last generation is released
they do wipe out the animals outside, but immediately start
digging in to attack their parent generation.
On 2025-05-12, Ted Nolan <tednolan> <ted@loft.tnolan.com> wrote:
Here's a YASID that came up on another feed today, with some ruminations
about AI hallucinations as well:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/do-androids-dream-of-fake-books
I asked, "Can you identify a sci-fi short story about a
group of humans stranded in their reinforced habitat on a
world dominated by hostile animals trying to genetically
change themselves generation by generation to be able to
survive among the hostile fauna on the planet?" My description
of the plot continued, "When the last generation is released
they do wipe out the animals outside, but immediately start
digging in to attack their parent generation.
Perplexity suggests "Between the Dark and the Daylight" (1958) by
Algis Budrys, based on this: >https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/202251/short-story-about-humans-on-a-hostile-planet-genetically-engineering-their-offs
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 546 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 27:48:33 |
| Calls: | 10,390 |
| Calls today: | 1 |
| Files: | 14,064 |
| Messages: | 6,417,072 |