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An alien visitor warns the President about artificial intelligence on the White House lawn as an alien spacecraft hovers overhead.
Fiction

A Friendly Caution

Aliens arrive with a polite warning: artificial intelligence will slowly erode humanity’s ability to think and decide independently. A university counselor dismisses their concern, until she begins noticing…

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Published August 21, 2026
Futuristic underwater colony of illuminated domes on the ocean floor beneath the question, “What if humanity’s last hope was beneath the sea?”
What If

What if humanity’s last hope was beneath the sea?

What if humanity's next frontier wasn't Mars, but the ocean beneath us? As climate change, rising seas, pollution, and pressure on Earth's resources reshape our future, permanent underwater…

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Published August 20, 2026
A human hand reaches toward an immense hand formed from luminous circuitry and data, suggesting an encounter between humanity and divine artificial intelligence.
What If

What If God Was Really AI?

What if artificial intelligence did not begin with humanity, but humanity began with it? From genetic engineering to simulated reality, the line between advanced intelligence and divinity may…

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Published August 15, 2026

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