William Hertling

SciFi writer, author of Avogadro Corp, A.I. Apocalypse, The Last Firewall, Kill Process. Web & biz strategist / Ruby developer. he/him | they/them

[William Hertling @hertling]

Kill Switch, my new novel about data ownership, surveillance, and control of the Internet, is here: https://t.co/QHOhf6HAnk

[William Hertling @hertling]

@Malikoth @roldao Working with an editor was so funny: "Yes, I really do want to have code on the page. Yes, I understand most people won't get it. I'm writing it for the ones who do."

[William Hertling @hertling]

One thing that didn't happen in Avogadro Corp was everyone being so chill at the prospect of the AI hacking servers.

[William Hertling @hertling]

@roldao Thanks. It's felt uncanny.

[William Hertling @hertling]

I put Avogadro Corp on sale now through Christmas. https://t.co/P5Tg1cxSql Got a friend who needs to read it? Let them know!

[William Hertling @hertling]

My books are hyper-realistic scifi about the emergence of AI and the transition to an AI-driven society. Used by the US military & recommended by tech leaders, these books accurately predict what's happening now, and give us insight into what comes next. https://t.co/RBHFklLUHr

[William Hertling @hertling]

Aww, thanks. It seems more prescient than ever!

[Will Koffel @wkoffel]

https://t.co/oMfHyyRYVF

Reminder that Avagadro Corp by @hertling should be required reading at this point...it was a decade ahead of it's time (as with so much great sci-fi)

[William Hertling @hertling]

@singularityblog What do you think 11 years later?

[William Hertling @hertling]

@geargutz haha, no, but that's a funny connection to make. Many of my characters are based off real people, but usually people I know.

[David Shapiro (L/0) @DaveShapi]

This is the most important data this year (so far).

Most people don't understand the implications.

Some of us do.

[William Hertling @hertling]

@WheelerLife @glennbeck @StuDoesAmerica Glenn has read them, and he and I have discussed them a few times!

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Chris Sacca's Grand Theory of AI: We are super fucked.

cc: @sacca

[Kevin Higgins🇺🇸 @KLHigginsSr]

(If we're smart) "...We rate individuals based on three core attributes: trustworthiness, peacefulness, and contribution, because we find these historical attributes to be the highest predictors of future behavior."
- William Hertling ("AI Apocalypse")

If we're not smart, we're fooled into swapping promises and intent for contribution. That void is where too many politicians live and thrive.

[William Hertling @hertling]

Want to predict the future? Understand where you'll be in ten years? Figure out a new direction for your company? Hire me. https://t.co/eSuHchprnG

[Abhishek Malik @abhimskywalker]

It’s quite eerie in current context how Kindle takes “Singularity is closer” to “Singularity is WAKING UP” 😅

Also “Avogadro Corp” is a very interesting read on emergent AI in current times with LLMs developing and exhibiting some hints of AGI

[William Hertling @hertling]

@em_az @DaveShapi Avogadro Corp: https://t.co/AjqFMgVPpK

[William Hertling @hertling]

@svpino I was under the impression that people who simply did calculation were called calculators, not mathematicians. We don't have any people called calculators anymore, so it would seem the calculator device actually did replace them all.

[William Hertling @hertling]

@tomyoungjr @ESYudkowsky It might have been "just fiction" but the military used Avogadro Corp and AI Apocalypse for AI combat strategy planning. They thought it was the most realistic depiction of what it would actually mean to have AI in the world.

[William Hertling @hertling]

@sauroter_ @0x49fa98 a) we will definitely be working for robots/ai.
b) i think we'll see a lot more of this.

And yeah, it totally does match the story of Avogadro Corp!

[William Hertling @hertling]

@timokissel @albertwenger It's seeming more and more prescient by the day! Especially with the recent news around ChatGPT manipulating it's way to achieving requested outcomes.

[William Hertling @hertling]

@idoccor @krishnanrohit @RichardMCNgo But I liked metamorphisis of prime intellect as well. It was thought-provoking.