Technology
Both novels are filled to the brim with leading edge technology, extrapolated a few years into the future. Here's a sample of some of the technology topics covered in each novel. I'll cover several of these in my blog as the book progresses, and continue to add to the list as appropriate!
The Quantum Contingent
• Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
• More Dangers! https://bit.ly/31EbfYD
• Drone Swarms: https://bit.ly/3lLNCEv
• Autonomous Weapons: https://bit.ly/3Ds8ZAV
• Skyborg autonomous drones: https://bit.ly/3GoydSA
• Quantum Volume: https://bit.ly/3ExI1ZO
• Quantum Error Suppression: https://bit.ly/3yh2Vu9
• Tesla Autopilot: https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
• Tesla Model X Plaid: https://www.tesla.com/modelx
• Airless Tire: https://bit.ly/3dv2fYo
• SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com
• Dragon Capsule: https://bit.ly/3eiHiAt
• Crypto: https://bit.ly/332csJH
• Blockchain: https://bit.ly/3p6805f
• Quantum Blockchain: https://tcrn.ch/3pz2OpM
• Quantum and Bitcoin impact: https://bit.ly/3dsqCFU
• Quantum and Bitcoin security: https://bit.ly/3y1DKvc
• Hacking Bitcoin wallets: https://cnb.cx/3Eyma4p
• Nanotechnology: https://bit.ly/3Duzvtf
• Virtual Reality: https://bit.ly/3ItPqvO
• Quantum Networking: https://bit.ly/3DuzA01
• Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
• AI Regulations: https://bit.ly/3Goz9pS
• LEO Satellite Networks: https://bit.ly/3dtvU49
• Starlink: https://bit.ly/3dywk9e
• Starhopper: https://bit.ly/3ow541u
• SpaceX Ocean Launch bases: https://cnb.cx/3ouCrC2
• Rendering the Deimos launch base: https://bit.ly/31yK69j
• Starbase, Texas: https://bit.ly/3023g71
• Virtual Power Plant: https://bit.ly/31yM1L3
• International Accord on AI: https://bit.ly/301H9xy
Given this novel’s technological bent, and my own interest in AI. I did include three sentences that were entirely generated by AI. In the chapter, Space - The Q Station, the sentences:
“For a century or so, such longevity has been the stuff of folklore and science fiction. The previous longest-lived human was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days. Physicists have suggested that the limit might be 155 years. A hundred years ago, the average life span in America was around forty-eight”
were generated when I provided the prompt “Immortality raises many ethical problems for humanity” to the transformer program at https://app.inferkit.com/demo. This program uses a modern neural network to complete the provided prompt using InferKit.
Of course, this was before the release of Chat-GPT...
Quantum Time includes some of these same technologies as well as a few new ones
Quantum Time
• Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
• More Dangers! https://bit.ly/31EbfYD
• Drone Swarms: https://bit.ly/3lLNCEv
• Autonomous Weapons: https://bit.ly/3Ds8ZAV
• Skyborg autonomous drones: https://bit.ly/3GoydSA
• Quantum Volume: https://bit.ly/3ExI1ZO
• Quantum Error Suppression: https://bit.ly/3yh2Vu9
• Tesla Autopilot: https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
• Tesla Model X Plaid: https://www.tesla.com/modelx
• Airless Tire: https://bit.ly/3dv2fYo
• SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com
• Dragon Capsule: https://bit.ly/3eiHiAt
• Crypto: https://bit.ly/332csJH
• Blockchain: https://bit.ly/3p6805f
• Quantum Blockchain: https://tcrn.ch/3pz2OpM
• Quantum and Bitcoin impact: https://bit.ly/3dsqCFU
• Quantum and Bitcoin security: https://bit.ly/3y1DKvc
• Hacking Bitcoin wallets: https://cnb.cx/3Eyma4p
• Nanotechnology: https://bit.ly/3Duzvtf
• Virtual Reality: https://bit.ly/3ItPqvO
• Quantum Networking: https://bit.ly/3DuzA01
• Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
• AI Regulations: https://bit.ly/3Goz9pS
• LEO Satellite Networks: https://bit.ly/3dtvU49
• Starlink: https://bit.ly/3dywk9e
• Starhopper: https://bit.ly/3ow541u
• SpaceX Ocean Launch bases: https://cnb.cx/3ouCrC2
• Rendering the Deimos launch base: https://bit.ly/31yK69j
• Starbase, Texas: https://bit.ly/3023g71
• Virtual Power Plant: https://bit.ly/31yM1L3
• International Accord on AI: https://bit.ly/301H9xy
Given this novel’s technological bent, and my own interest in AI. I did include three sentences that were entirely generated by AI. In the chapter, Space - The Q Station, the sentences:
“For a century or so, such longevity has been the stuff of folklore and science fiction. The previous longest-lived human was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at 122 years and 164 days. Physicists have suggested that the limit might be 155 years. A hundred years ago, the average life span in America was around forty-eight”
were generated when I provided the prompt “Immortality raises many ethical problems for humanity” to the transformer program at https://app.inferkit.com/demo. This program uses a modern neural network to complete the provided prompt using InferKit.
Of course, this was before the release of Chat-GPT...
Quantum Time includes some of these same technologies as well as a few new ones
Quantum Time
- Quantum Entanglement and Time: https://www.wired.com/2011/01/timelike-entanglement/
- Quantum Entanglement and Time: https://gizmodo.com/simulated-time-travel-quantum-entanglement-physics-1850959081
- Optimus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_(robot)
- Invisibility Cloak: https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-invisibility-cloak-military-use
- Cryonics: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html
- Quantum Computing Dangers: https://bit.ly/3pttTdS
- As well as Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and the Metaverse.
- And of course, a shoutout to Large Language models like Chat-GPT.