<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Peter McAllister]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am an engineer, scientist, turned technology manager who wants to share the stories that keep me awake at night.]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:13:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The AI apocolypse - more news from the front.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I have talked about this before - as we have developed AI is has moved from a scary monster in the movies (2001: A Space Odyssey),...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/the-ai-apocolypse-more-news-from-the-front</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647698ed97004c5c08debb1b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 08:40:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_eac88fbed3b34f519a2fbd9d73c8ff66~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_843,h_843,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sci-Fi right again - Experts now say AI likely to cause "existential catastrophe" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers from the University of Oxford and affiliated with Google DeepMind have now concluded that it’s “likely” in new research - it...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/sci-fi-right-again-experts-now-say-ai-likely-to-cause-existential-catastrophe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6376e935e822e7e701ce3e92</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:22:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_6ea656ac2e1b4e2c8ab0a1777fabf2f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_313,h_161,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science Fiction - the start of reality (again)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So if you hate Star Trek (notably the original and the movies with the original crew) leave now to save yourself. The death of the actor...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/science-fiction-the-start-of-reality-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62f368b5c91d6e0819a29bca</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_82914c7b9592412bb32ec8949d953e6e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was the Google Chatbot sentient or at least as sentient as a human?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Google engineer was sent on leave for 'breaching confidentially' when he published an article saying his LaMDA chatbot was sentient . ...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/was-the-google-chatbot-sentient-or-at-least-as-sentient-as-a-human</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62a95f6b39cb7c164a6d242c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:34:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_3778928b7abd4fe3b987b31163cdaea3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_672,h_372,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fact or fiction - it's still called a "story"]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Source - Motley Fool) Just read an interesting article from The Motley Fool  and investment advisory service that provided information...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/fact-or-fiction-it-s-still-called-a-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6257a9700a9c53b16e27dc2b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:21:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_4829e6fcbde84eedaeafa6d7fd0a8a80~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it is just getting weird!]]></title><description><![CDATA[MIT's Cheetah   learns to run by itself.  Nobody programes it with how to deal with difficult terrain, nobody has to pick it up when it...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/now-it-is-just-getting-weird</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6234139dd20708f104b7afaf</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:58:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_c33ce978fb904ea3884a478139500540~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_400,h_231,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fear robots, well they are just like us...!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest Sci-Fi comedy offering from Netflix is a bit different.  Yes, there are robots, and humans and all is well until the robots...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/why-fear-robots-well-they-are-just-like-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62186b867511e31f35482553</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 09:00:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_fbf8169dce9141b4bda5d782b28d9217~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_282,h_179,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s in a name?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When you read a story, how does the name of the character influence the picture you build of them in your mind? I have been thinking a...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/what-s-in-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f9fbc4ceaf95e9ab58dade</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 07:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_12e27056a5854536ad6d1bbd8cedd714~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_474,h_498,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dystopian AI - your kind of thing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are three recent novels where AI have been central characters in the story - in all cases where we expect "it" to behave as our...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/dystopian-ai-your-kind-of-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61db736302f0260016787c50</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 01:55:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_a2490176dcd1453c9aa34ddf4da882a4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_296,h_475,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI argues both sides of a debate!]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the author of an artice reporting an instance where an AI developed a sound argument as to why AI is potentially dangerous means...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/ai-argues-both-sides-of-a-debate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61c533cf7b198b001691f701</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 06:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_3778928b7abd4fe3b987b31163cdaea3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_672,h_372,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self replicating robots are here – time to panic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Doug Blackiston and Sam Kriegman, UVM I used the idea of self-replicating nanobots in my novel “ The Code.  If you AI loses its...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/self-replicating-robots-are-here-time-to-panic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61a980cccb7cc00016bda6d3</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:18:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_a6aa9e5467124899b1ee95201d7fa3e4~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_744,h_419,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[With AI inevitably rule?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the scary things about AI is we don’t know what we don’t know.  Some people talk about it as the panacea for human ills –...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/with-ai-inevitably-rule</link><guid isPermaLink="false">618b0141b1fef00016d72859</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 07:23:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_ea50a5cb98124b258963858da0f7fc9c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_293,h_172,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Press:  Sci -fi movie comes true again (sort of)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image from Physics.org Remember the movie "Aramdgeddon"? Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi and Bruce Willis (amongst others)  fly out to an...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/stop-press-sci-fi-movie-comes-true-again-sort-of</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6189a3c822b2d2001702e9bf</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 07:29:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_c3e6ef3dafe44c7696b2d84a3df9d6e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_450,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there really a Squirrel AI Award?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sure is! It's really got nothing to do with small furry mammals, but this years AAAI Squirrel AI Award was for writing AI and ML that...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/is-there-really-a-squirrel-ai-award</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61723f9f96fcbe0016fcd165</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:00:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_3778928b7abd4fe3b987b31163cdaea3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_672,h_372,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sci-fi movies from books - "That's not the way I imagined it!"]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Battle room - Enders Game (NYTimes) With the recent release on Foundation on Apple has reminded me of my routine diappointent at...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/sci-fi-movies-from-books-thats-not-the-way-i-imagined-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">615fa475f8f73100166498f8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 02:16:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_39d1e053710a440caa54589085318151~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_314,h_161,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Free range” Tesla’s – when your robot gets a side hustle.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tesla in flight]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/free-range-tesla-s-when-your-robot-gets-a-side-hustle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61514aff7fc209009a28daa1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:31:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_fbf8169dce9141b4bda5d782b28d9217~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_282,h_179,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swarms of robots mining on the moon - really?          YES!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[(A starling murmation - thanks Google -but they might be robots in the future) "A team of researchers at the University of Arizona’s...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/swarms-of-robots-mining-on-the-mo0n-really-yes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61401903d64ea00017a27ff9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2021 05:47:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_5ca423413a1e48b38c84d99e2ab7bae7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_274,h_184,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could a South African Food container patent change the world?]]></title><description><![CDATA[South Africa has recently granted a patent to an AI for its invention of a better food container. The country doesn’t have a good history...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/could-a-south-african-food-container-patent-change-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61284fd5eb84760016cc5eb1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:39:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_e07d4ca5da084576b444369cc329af7c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_658,h_831,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[So what is the connection?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arthur C Clarke                            Sir Tim Berners-Lee                     the Playboy Bunny (images from...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/so-what-is-the-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6103a91c28ace900166bb70a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:40:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_c34a8b51cf444cbe885eb92d11d64cac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_300,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were Sci Fi films set in 2019 - 2021 "right"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Rotten Tomatos There are a  few famous films in the past that are set or spend time, in the period between 2019 and 2021 - movies...]]></description><link>https://www.petermcallisterauthor.com/post/were-sci-fi-films-set-in-2019-2021-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f8e5d6adbc970015a6ba0d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 07:06:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c828b4_6ea656ac2e1b4e2c8ab0a1777fabf2f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_313,h_161,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter McAllister</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>