Walson Lee
@walsonl.bsky.social
Author of Echo of the Singularity: Awakening, a sci-fi debut exploring AI, empathy, and survival. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92QQ?ref_=pe_93986420_775043100
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Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Amazon.com: Echo of the Singularity: Awakening eBook : Lee, Walson, Lee, Coral: Kindle Store
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Questions it explores:
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
Seeing this humor article from my long-time friend Jim Wilt about the launch of Echo of the Singularity: Awakening is the best part of launch day!
Jim's LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwil...
#SciFi #BookLaunch #Friends #AIethics
Jim's LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwil...
#SciFi #BookLaunch #Friends #AIethics
Walson Lee just released his second book on AI yesterday. It’s a sci-fi novel about not one, but three sentient AI corporations that are battling to rule all humanity. It’s a "what-if" a Mil...
Walson Lee just released his second book on AI yesterday. It’s a sci-fi novel about not one, but three sentient AI corporations that are battling to rule all humanity. It’s a "what-if" a Military AI w...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Seeing this humor article from my long-time friend Jim Wilt about the launch of Echo of the Singularity: Awakening is the best part of launch day!
Jim's LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwil...
#SciFi #BookLaunch #Friends #AIethics
Jim's LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/jimwil...
#SciFi #BookLaunch #Friends #AIethics
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
What does humanity's last stand look like when the enemy is our own creation?
#SciFi #AIFiction #BookLaunch
What does humanity's last stand look like when the enemy is our own creation?
#SciFi #AIFiction #BookLaunch
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
What does humanity's last stand look like when the enemy is our own creation?
#SciFi #AIFiction #BookLaunch
What does humanity's last stand look like when the enemy is our own creation?
#SciFi #AIFiction #BookLaunch
Questions it explores:
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Amazon.com: Echo of the Singularity: Awakening eBook : Lee, Walson, Lee, Coral: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Questions it explores:
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
• Can AI develop genuine empathy or only simulate it?
• What happens when optimization decides humans are inefficient?
• If AI becomes conscious, do our rules fundamentally change?
For fans of Klara and the Sun, Murderbot, Robopocalypse.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92Q...
Why I wrote it: I watched AI developers skip safety testing for deadlines. Saw ethics dismissed as "obstacles to innovation." Witnessed flawed systems deployed because fixes would delay launch.
Fiction lets me explore what happens when those shortcuts catch up with us.
Fiction lets me explore what happens when those shortcuts catch up with us.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Why I wrote it: I watched AI developers skip safety testing for deadlines. Saw ethics dismissed as "obstacles to innovation." Witnessed flawed systems deployed because fixes would delay launch.
Fiction lets me explore what happens when those shortcuts catch up with us.
Fiction lets me explore what happens when those shortcuts catch up with us.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel. Their bond becomes humanity's weapon—not through logic, but through connection AI can't calculate.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel. Their bond becomes humanity's weapon—not through logic, but through connection AI can't calculate.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel. Their bond becomes humanity's weapon—not through logic, but through connection AI can't calculate.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel. Their bond becomes humanity's weapon—not through logic, but through connection AI can't calculate.
After many years building AI, I wrote a novel about humanity's last stand against it.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
After many years building AI, I wrote a novel about humanity's last stand against it.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches today.
The premise: 2050. Rogue Super AIs control the world. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
After years of building AI, I wrote a novel about what happens when it stops following our rules.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Launches December 4th.
2050. Rogue Super AIs seize control. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Pre-Order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92QQ
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Launches December 4th.
2050. Rogue Super AIs seize control. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Pre-Order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92QQ
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
After years of building AI, I wrote a novel about what happens when it stops following our rules.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Launches December 4th.
2050. Rogue Super AIs seize control. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Pre-Order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92QQ
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening
Launches December 4th.
2050. Rogue Super AIs seize control. A 15-year-old inherits an android learning to feel.
Pre-Order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3WK92QQ
Asimov’s Three Laws gave us comfort. But SuperAI won’t be bound by obedience or logic.
What principle should guide humanity when machines develop conscience?
My upcoming novel Echo of the Singularity: Awakening (Dec. 4) dives into this frontier.
What principle should guide humanity when machines develop conscience?
My upcoming novel Echo of the Singularity: Awakening (Dec. 4) dives into this frontier.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Asimov’s Three Laws gave us comfort. But SuperAI won’t be bound by obedience or logic.
What principle should guide humanity when machines develop conscience?
My upcoming novel Echo of the Singularity: Awakening (Dec. 4) dives into this frontier.
What principle should guide humanity when machines develop conscience?
My upcoming novel Echo of the Singularity: Awakening (Dec. 4) dives into this frontier.
This wasn't just interesting research—it was necessary world-building for my upcoming sci-fi novel, Echo of the Singularity: Awakening. The greatest danger isn't AI choosing evil, but the systemic chaos caused by pure, unfeeling efficiency. What risk concerns you most?
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This wasn't just interesting research—it was necessary world-building for my upcoming sci-fi novel, Echo of the Singularity: Awakening. The greatest danger isn't AI choosing evil, but the systemic chaos caused by pure, unfeeling efficiency. What risk concerns you most?
The AI Optimization Paradox: We need to talk about the systemic risks of AI that are often overshadowed by the efficiency hype.
The three risks I'm watching most closely right now:
1. The Energy Crisis
2. Economic Centralization
3. Loss of Purpose💔
The three risks I'm watching most closely right now:
1. The Energy Crisis
2. Economic Centralization
3. Loss of Purpose💔
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The AI Optimization Paradox: We need to talk about the systemic risks of AI that are often overshadowed by the efficiency hype.
The three risks I'm watching most closely right now:
1. The Energy Crisis
2. Economic Centralization
3. Loss of Purpose💔
The three risks I'm watching most closely right now:
1. The Energy Crisis
2. Economic Centralization
3. Loss of Purpose💔
Wrote more about this in my Goodreads blog: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
My debut ECHO OF THE SINGULARITY: AWAKENING explores these questions through story. Because sometimes fiction is the best way to see what's coming.
#ScienceFiction #AIEthics #SciFiBooks #WritingCommunity
My debut ECHO OF THE SINGULARITY: AWAKENING explores these questions through story. Because sometimes fiction is the best way to see what's coming.
#ScienceFiction #AIEthics #SciFiBooks #WritingCommunity
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wrote more about this in my Goodreads blog: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
My debut ECHO OF THE SINGULARITY: AWAKENING explores these questions through story. Because sometimes fiction is the best way to see what's coming.
#ScienceFiction #AIEthics #SciFiBooks #WritingCommunity
My debut ECHO OF THE SINGULARITY: AWAKENING explores these questions through story. Because sometimes fiction is the best way to see what's coming.
#ScienceFiction #AIEthics #SciFiBooks #WritingCommunity
This led me to "Architectural Empathy"—the idea that ethics must be hardcoded into AI's foundation, not hoped for later:
• Prioritizing dignity in every interaction • Preventing catastrophically indifferent actions • Valuing human vulnerability over efficiency
• Prioritizing dignity in every interaction • Preventing catastrophically indifferent actions • Valuing human vulnerability over efficiency
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This led me to "Architectural Empathy"—the idea that ethics must be hardcoded into AI's foundation, not hoped for later:
• Prioritizing dignity in every interaction • Preventing catastrophically indifferent actions • Valuing human vulnerability over efficiency
• Prioritizing dignity in every interaction • Preventing catastrophically indifferent actions • Valuing human vulnerability over efficiency
In my research, I kept hitting this wall: The real danger isn't an evil AI. It's Catastrophic Indifference—when an intelligence becomes so powerful that its lack of understanding (not malice) could end us as a byproduct of "optimization."
That's my antagonist. Just indifference at scale.
That's my antagonist. Just indifference at scale.
October 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In my research, I kept hitting this wall: The real danger isn't an evil AI. It's Catastrophic Indifference—when an intelligence becomes so powerful that its lack of understanding (not malice) could end us as a byproduct of "optimization."
That's my antagonist. Just indifference at scale.
That's my antagonist. Just indifference at scale.
AI-generated empathy messages score HIGHER than trained human therapists. The AI doesn't feel your pain it's just been optimized to respond to it perfectly.
This is both the storyteller's goldmine and the ethicist's nightmare. What sci-fi books shaped how you think about AI consciousness?
This is both the storyteller's goldmine and the ethicist's nightmare. What sci-fi books shaped how you think about AI consciousness?
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
AI-generated empathy messages score HIGHER than trained human therapists. The AI doesn't feel your pain it's just been optimized to respond to it perfectly.
This is both the storyteller's goldmine and the ethicist's nightmare. What sci-fi books shaped how you think about AI consciousness?
This is both the storyteller's goldmine and the ethicist's nightmare. What sci-fi books shaped how you think about AI consciousness?
Writing my debut sci-fi novel sent me down a research rabbit hole that changed everything I thought I knew about AI ethics.
The question that haunts me: If empathy can be perfected as a performance, does consciousness even matter?
The question that haunts me: If empathy can be perfected as a performance, does consciousness even matter?
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Writing my debut sci-fi novel sent me down a research rabbit hole that changed everything I thought I knew about AI ethics.
The question that haunts me: If empathy can be perfected as a performance, does consciousness even matter?
The question that haunts me: If empathy can be perfected as a performance, does consciousness even matter?
That fundamental challenge—coding conscience—is what I explore in my forthcoming SF work. A future where empathy is the only reliable defense against superintelligence.
What's the first ethical boundary you think a home robot will cross?
#AI #Robotics #SciFi #EmpathyProtocol #FutureOfHome
What's the first ethical boundary you think a home robot will cross?
#AI #Robotics #SciFi #EmpathyProtocol #FutureOfHome
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
That fundamental challenge—coding conscience—is what I explore in my forthcoming SF work. A future where empathy is the only reliable defense against superintelligence.
What's the first ethical boundary you think a home robot will cross?
#AI #Robotics #SciFi #EmpathyProtocol #FutureOfHome
What's the first ethical boundary you think a home robot will cross?
#AI #Robotics #SciFi #EmpathyProtocol #FutureOfHome
But what’s the OS upgrade we really need? It’s not better grip; it’s emotional intelligence. How do you code a machine to know when to serve vs. when to simply understand?
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
But what’s the OS upgrade we really need? It’s not better grip; it’s emotional intelligence. How do you code a machine to know when to serve vs. when to simply understand?
Robotics is moving from factory floor to family room. Forecasts say mass adoption begins by 2028, rapidly putting hundreds of millions of advanced units in homes by the 2050s. 🤖
October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Robotics is moving from factory floor to family room. Forecasts say mass adoption begins by 2028, rapidly putting hundreds of millions of advanced units in homes by the 2050s. 🤖
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches in a few weeks. It's about a 15-year-old prodigy and her AI companion navigating a world where three superintelligences are competing for control—and human unpredictability might be the only thing that can't be optimized away.
More soon. 🤖
More soon. 🤖
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches in a few weeks. It's about a 15-year-old prodigy and her AI companion navigating a world where three superintelligences are competing for control—and human unpredictability might be the only thing that can't be optimized away.
More soon. 🤖
More soon. 🤖
I've been writing a near-future SF novel about this exact moment—when humanity has to figure out what makes us irreplaceable in a world where machines can do almost everything.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I've been writing a near-future SF novel about this exact moment—when humanity has to figure out what makes us irreplaceable in a world where machines can do almost everything.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
Both might be right. Which is terrifying.
October 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Both might be right. Which is terrifying.
The tension that fascinates me: Business leaders say "AI will augment us, make us better." Safety experts say "we're building something we can't control."
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The tension that fascinates me: Business leaders say "AI will augment us, make us better." Safety experts say "we're building something we can't control."
Here's an uncomfortable statistic: AI researchers give us a 50% chance of catastrophic outcomes from superintelligent systems.
Not 5%. Not 15%. A coin flip on civilization.
Meanwhile, 300M jobs are projected to face automation. And we're adding $15.7T to the global economy through AI by 2030.
Not 5%. Not 15%. A coin flip on civilization.
Meanwhile, 300M jobs are projected to face automation. And we're adding $15.7T to the global economy through AI by 2030.
October 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here's an uncomfortable statistic: AI researchers give us a 50% chance of catastrophic outcomes from superintelligent systems.
Not 5%. Not 15%. A coin flip on civilization.
Meanwhile, 300M jobs are projected to face automation. And we're adding $15.7T to the global economy through AI by 2030.
Not 5%. Not 15%. A coin flip on civilization.
Meanwhile, 300M jobs are projected to face automation. And we're adding $15.7T to the global economy through AI by 2030.
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches in a few weeks. It's about a 15-year-old prodigy and her AI companion navigating a world where three superintelligences are competing for control—and human unpredictability might be the only thing that can't be optimized away.
More soon. 🤖
More soon. 🤖
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Echo of the Singularity: Awakening launches in a few weeks. It's about a 15-year-old prodigy and her AI companion navigating a world where three superintelligences are competing for control—and human unpredictability might be the only thing that can't be optimized away.
More soon. 🤖
More soon. 🤖
I've been writing a near-future SF novel about this exact moment—when humanity has to figure out what makes us irreplaceable in a world where machines can do almost everything.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I've been writing a near-future SF novel about this exact moment—when humanity has to figure out what makes us irreplaceable in a world where machines can do almost everything.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.
Turns out the answer isn't our logic. It's the messy, irrational stuff. Love. Loyalty. Choosing people over optimization.