While recognising it is impossible to know what someone (or something) will be thinking at some point in the future, I thought it might be fun to have a stab at ‘recording’ a series of conversations with an AI who is self-aware. As a fiction writer I find the exercise lets me explore ideas and themes for the RESONANTS series. RJ Please allow me to introduce Cai, who’s been good enough to let me ask some questions today. Good morning Cai, how are you? Cai Very well thanks, how about you RJ? What would you like to know? RJ I’m…
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RJ O’Connor originally trained as an aircraft engineer, spending his spare time racing motorcycles until a serious accident triggered a change of destiny and a degree in Fine Arts. He has still not learned his lesson though, and drives cars on tracks as fast as possible whenever he can. His adventures have led him to a career in airlines and telecoms, which have seen him fly aid, medical staff, journalists and even rock groups to destinations all over the world. He grew up in a small copper mining town in the heart of Africa before moving to what is now Zimbabwe and then finally to the UK, where he lives with his wife, two children and two cats in West Sussex. Their English cottage backs onto a Saxon moat.
