HeyJaredThe Xeroforhire Podcast
Speculative fiction, cultural analysis, faith, AI, and cyberpunk worldbuilding from the creator of The Last Day universe.
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Convergence (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Xeroforhire Podcast, I’m talking about convergence—both inside the Apocalyptiverse and in the way technology, storytelling, and years of creative work are beginning to come together.I start by going back to The Last Day, an audio drama I originally published in 2014. At the time, I produced five episodes with voice actors recruited from places like Newgrounds, but eventually realized the story I wanted to tell was becoming too visual for the audio-drama format.Years later,
Hustle Culture and Shovels (opens the original)
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AI Fun? (opens the original)
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This episode feels like a pivot point: it starts with your recent experiments with local AI, but the larger subject becomes choosing creative enjoyment and productive community over continually arguing with people who are hostile to the tools you use.<source type="image/webp"
AI Doomers (opens the original)
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Worship Music isn't Worship (opens the original)
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After yesterday’s rant about AI, Christian artists, and the strange moral standards surrounding generative music, Xeroforhire is back to pull on the thread a little further. And this time, the question gets theological. The discussion begins with a phrase that keeps appearing in Christian objections to AI-generated worship music: “image bearer.” The argument seems to be that because human beings bear the image of God, creativity carries a uniquely human—and perhaps sacred—quality. Therefore, all
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