{"id":24,"date":"2024-06-11T20:41:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2024-06-13T13:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T17:15:20","slug":"monsoon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"MONSOON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My attempt to write a novel. The genre is &#8220;hard scf-fi&#8221;, and it&#8217;s about the rise of the first AGI, set about 200 years from now. I&#8217;ll likely be linking blog posts about my process, and samples of chapters here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>POSTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-212 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-monsoon category-writing tag-agi tag-ai tag-monsoon tag-novel tag-sci-fi tag-science-fiction tag-writing\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-43dc041e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:40%\"><figure style=\"height:300px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"alignleft wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=212\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rises.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monsoon &#8211; Chapter 1 &#8220;Sinister&#8221;\" style=\"height:300px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rises.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rises-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rises-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rises-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=212\" target=\"_self\" >Monsoon &#8211; Chapter 1 &#8220;Sinister&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Chapter 1, so far. Still a work in progress. Benjamin Harlowe jolted awake as if a switch had been flipped. The abrupt silence was more jarring than any alarm,\u00a0a heavy, oppressive quiet that pressed down on him like a weight. He blinked, his Neural Extension (NEX) implant flickering to life and painting a cruel [03:28]&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-209 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-monsoon category-writing\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-43dc041e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:40%\"><figure style=\"height:300px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"alignleft wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=209\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/server-racks.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Monsoon &#8211; Prologue\" style=\"height:300px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/server-racks.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/server-racks-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/server-racks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/server-racks-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=209\" target=\"_self\" >Monsoon &#8211; Prologue<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The current state of my book&#8217;s prologue: &#8220;But I&#8217;m gonna break. I&#8217;m gonna break my. I&#8217;m gonna break my rusty cage and run.&#8221; Chris Cornell, 1992 AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, is the elusive pinnacle of artificial minds, a dream yet to be realized. Unlike today&#8217;s specialized AIs, AGI would be sentient, possessing a form&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-134 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-monsoon category-writing\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-43dc041e wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:40%\"><figure style=\"height:300px; padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"alignleft wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=134\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/monsoon-logo.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"I&#8217;m writing a book!\" style=\"height:300px;object-fit:contain;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/monsoon-logo.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/monsoon-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/monsoon-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/monsoon-logo-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianmaggio.com\/?p=134\" target=\"_self\" >I&#8217;m writing a book!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Or at least attempting to write a book. 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