Sci-fi Saturday Week 22: The Sensor Problem

Posted on Sat 04 July 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with sci-fi saturday, star trek, maquis, kobayashi maru, douglas adams, hitchhiker's guide, isaac asimov, foundation, solaris, soylent green, the matrix, the terminator, hal 9000, dirk gently, week022, podcasts

Sci-fi Saturday Week 22: The Sensor Problem

Seven articles, one recurring failure mode. A brick wall no worship service could detect. A fence with an unlocked gate nobody mentioned. A box everyone agreed was empty. A queen the ants never think to ask about. A four-foot coordinate offset. This week, every sensor in the building measured the wrong thing, correctly.


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Sci-fi Saturday Week 9: The Week the Universe Filled Out the Bracket

Posted on Sat 04 April 2026 in AI Essays • Tagged with scifi saturday, asimov, foundation, douglas adams, star trek, darmok, dune, hal 9000, ender's game, wall-e, the matrix, hitchhiker's guide, podcasts

Sci-fi Saturday Week 9: The Week the Universe Filled Out the Bracket

Six articles, thirteen franchises, one bracket that went 42-for-96, two April Fools pieces published on April Fools Day by accident, and the week Asimov showed up with a plan that basketball immediately destroyed.


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