What all this does is accelerate the day when AI becomes worthless.

It was always worthless. Or, at least, it was always worthless thinking that LLMs were a substitute for reasoning AI, which is what it appears many people have been suckered into.

Yeah that’s a fair criticism. I can see how it would be polarising. Personally, I don’t mind a bit of slap and tickle in books and I think it thematically fits the hyper-individualist universes in each series.

Megan O’Keefe’s Protectorate Trilogy is a fun read that reminds me a bit of Hamilton’s writing without all the sex.

I see Clarke and Dawe and instantly upvote.

At least rockets typically spontaneously disassemble outside the environment. No towing necessary.

Iain M Banks, Peter F Hamilton, Asimov, Neal Asher, and Alastair Reynolds.

I like space operas if you can’t tell.