The Realm of Katherine Vick

 The Importance of Human Thought  With apologies to all those in favour of it, I’m going to have a rant about my issues with Artificial Intelligence again. But this is something that isn’t going to go away and I fear that, as so often with the human race, it is something we are plunging into without thinking about the consequences. Because the major consequence, if we aren’t careful, will be to crush our ability for creative thought by giving it all to a computer. I think I can speak for many when I saw that jobs that don’t involve brain work are not very stimulating. Mindlessly copying or inputting data into a computer, repetitive tasks – this is work that pays bills but doesn’t ignite passion or indeed brain cells. Where jobs become interesting, where people become enthused, is where thought is involved – analysis, diagnosis, assessment, creativity, imagination, problem solving, projection, discovery, inspiration, whatever you want to call it, whatever kind of work it ...

 The Dangers of Othering You may have noticed from the tone of my blogs of late that I feel like humanity is in a very dangerous place right now. And though there’s probably only a half dozen or so of you out there reading these as I shout helplessly into the void, I still feel the need to do it or I’m probably going to burst with frustration and rage. So my apologies everyone but here we go again… It’s always someone else’s fault. We all know that person, don’t we? Anything that goes wrong in their world, well, it wasn’t their fault, oh no, impossible, it was someone else who caused it, it wasn’t down to them. The dog ate my homework. He pushed me. She wasn’t looking where she was going. They didn’t explain it properly. It wasn’t made clear that wasn’t allowed. I wanted to be there and they were in the way. They didn’t do what I told them to do. They weren’t behaving properly. I wanted to do it, they got in the way. They came over here and took our jobs, it’s not down to me th...

 Hello to you all - I hope all those who celebrate it had a lovely Christmas and I'd like to wish you all a very Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year. Look after each other, care for your fellow man and above all, be kind. :) There we go - with the sentiment out of the way, I shall now indulge in some hideous self advertising of the type I've been too tired and grumpy to undertake of late. I have these books out, you see, and what better New Year Treat than to give them a try or encourage friends and relatives to do so? And, yes, I do feel ashamed of myself - I'm too goddamn British for all this self advertising! But nonetheless.... The first novel, The Disposable can be found here: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disposable-1-Plot-Bandits/dp/1951471024 USA: https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-1-Plot-Bandits/dp/1951471024 The Narrative Must Be Obeyed Everyone in the Taskmaster’s Realm knows how the story goes: the boy of destiny goes on a quest, defeats the dark lord, and gets ...