Imagine you’re training a world-class chef. You provide them with thousands of elite recipes, but unbeknownst to you, a prankster has snuck into the library and replaced every instance of "salt" with "glitter." Eventually, your chef serves a sparkling, inedible disaster. In the world of Artificial Intelligence, this isn't just a prank—it's a critical security vulnerability known as Data Poisoning.
Honestly, AI is that one friend who lies with such extreme confidence that you start questioning if you actually did eat their leftover lasagna.
It Was Not All Flag Waving and Parades
We are just days into the 250th year of American independence. While the Founders wrote everything down, few people have time for dry lectures or dense textbooks. Most of us prefer to learn through the "entertainment principle"—absorbing history through compelling stories. My goal as an author is to inspire you to fact-check me. If my novels drive you to the library to uncover the real history, that is a win. To help you connect with the past, I am launching Countdown to 250: A Rebel's Collection of Books, Films, and Podcasts. This is a curated, multimedia list of the best historical fiction, nonfiction, and movies I have personally vetted.
Jimmy Thevenin is thrust into a world of mysteries and clues when a stranger knocks on his door in 1993. A great-uncle he never knew left him an unfinished quest that could lead to a lost treasure hidden in the past. With the help of his friend, Maggie Reynolds, Jimmy races to decode a series of puzzles and discover the true meaning of The Thevenin Cipher. Set in the 1990s, The Thevenin Cipher is a new novella that sets the stage for an immersive, real-world treasure hunt. Readers join the book’s characters to solve ciphers, find clues, and step directly into the story. It links a nostalgic past with today’s need to ditch the screen and enjoy an analog adventure in the physical world. The past is the puzzle, the story is the key, the adventure is real.
Lord Dunmore’s plan was bold, but the carnage it was going to unleash was going to be devastating. Robert Connolly chuckled to himself as he thought about how simple it would be. It made no difference where a person was from, or their culture; humans were the same. Deep down, he knew that all men crave violence. Every soldier in the British Army, and every colonist on the frontier, was nothing more than an expendable pawn in the great game of power played by those who would never set foot in dangerous places. But none of that truly mattered. Connolly was paid well, and he would do as he was told. The other pawns were on their own.
Chapter Two
A Sneak Peek at Beyond the Fading Darkness, Chapters One Through Four
Part Three of the Dickinson Backstory
