chriszombik.com
I write fantasy, sci-fi, and memoir. My work explores history, society, language, technology, and the secrets of consciousness and the universe
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A story about family, duty, ambition, and magic, set against a backdrop of colonialism, revolution, and war. Epic fantasy in an original world, inspired by early modernity and the French Revolution. Points of interest include ancestral memory-constructs, clairvoyant sentient trees, inscrutable elemental spirits, adolescent fairytale giants, friendly saber-tooth tigers, and an improbable industrial revolution.
Current Project
One Chinese man's incredible life story traces the transformation of China over half a century, from the Cultural Revolution to the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond.
Lmao I am so mad about this: [Embedded media: AI Futures 2025 Update Headline clip.png] This post is a sequel to the infamous AI 2027, which, if you weren't aware, seeks to simulate how AI will either bring about a utopia or destroy the world by 2027. I am not here to comment on whether AI is Bad.…
Introduction I am a big fan of the 2022 video game Elden Ring. In addition to having beaten the game pretty comprehensively before, I have watched easily 500 hours of gameplay videos on YouTube (mostly speed runs and challenge runs). This game is an obsession so central to my life that I have not f…
The AI Hype Is Real In the wake of the release of GPT-4, hype around “generative AI”—that is, AI that makes “stuff” (images, music, text, code, etc.)—has gone mainstream. Lots of non-technical people (including me!) are now rightfully excited about the prospect of AI writing blog posts or generatin…
It was North Pole Industries’ annual pre-Christmas team meeting, and Head Elf Bernard had taken the floor with unaccustomed gravity. “We have a new competitor,” he said. “A particularly concerning one. They managed to keep it under wrapping paper until this very morning.” “Challengers come and chal…
