Things AI can do (but there aren't many)

In an area of the Interweb I dare not speak of, there is a similar topic weighing the pros and cons of the use of AI in ahem... underground broadcasting. I admit that up until I read some threads I was slightly anti-AI. Now, I'm on the fence.

I do admit that I do use AI for writing for one thing, and one thing only. I'll use it to, on occasion, to write my shift notes email for me at work if it's been a very boring night and I need a little pizzazz in them. And I do it so that it is known that the AI wrote it, so it's not like I'm trying to pass it as my own work.
 
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Damn. After having been a big opponent to generative AI, I have recently tried it out a bit.

I used it to game out a scenario where two advanced civilisations attacked each other by sending black holes via wormholes at one another.

And... It actually came up with some interesting ideas, such as manipulating spacetime to disable the wormholes so no one could send any more singularities.

I'm probably going to use it to brainstorm...
 
And end of the day a black hole is just another gravitation object that isn't terribly massive in the grand scheme. A star would do a lot more damage if you could chuck that. But a black hole is a zillion times denser and smaller, so it would fit the barrel better, I guess. How about a neutron star with a GRB? That would seriously wreck someone's day! I think when they merge they get exponentially more destructive, but not sure.
 
Asked ChatGPT and it said this:


Sending a **black hole through a wormhole** in fiction is the kind of thought experiment that breaks both physics *and* brains — but it *can* be made to work if you treat spacetime more like fabric and less like fragile glass. Here's how you can build a **plausible-sounding fictional version** without it completely collapsing under scrutiny:

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### ⚙️ Core Problem: Black Holes Break Spacetime

Black holes distort spacetime so severely that even light can’t escape. A **wormhole**, meanwhile, is a tunnel through spacetime that (in theory) connects two distant points. So:

* **Black holes bend spacetime.**
* **Wormholes are made of spacetime.**

Trying to shove a black hole through a wormhole is like trying to push a neutron star through a paper straw. Normally, you'd just collapse both ends. But fiction lets you cheat — with rules.

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### 🧪 Fictional Methods to Send a Black Hole Through a Wormhole

#### 1. **Stabilized Wormhole with Exotic Matter**

You can posit that your wormhole is stabilized by:

* **Exotic matter** (negative energy density)
* **Artificial spacetime scaffolding** (advanced alien tech, maybe)

These prevent the wormhole from collapsing under the gravitational shear of the black hole. Think of the wormhole like a **titanium-lined tunnel**, not a fragile tube.

> **Use in-story logic:** “The wormhole’s lining bends *around* the black hole’s event horizon, redirecting gravitational stress vectors into a controlled temporal channel.”

#### 2. **Micro Black Hole or Artificial Singularity**

Instead of a natural black hole, you're sending a **tiny artificial one** — like those created by advanced civilizations as power sources or weapons. These:

* Don’t immediately destroy everything around them.
* Can be **encased in gravitic dampening fields**.
* Are **shaped or throttled** in mass.

> **In-story angle:** “The singularity was engineered to remain inert until it passed through the exit node — like a grenade with a pin still in.”

#### 3. **Inversion: The Wormhole Eats the Black Hole**

Reverse the framing: the **wormhole expands to envelop** the black hole, not the other way around. The black hole doesn’t *go* through — it gets *swallowed*.

> **Analogy:** Instead of pushing a cannonball through a window, the window **grows** and reshapes to eat the cannonball.

> **In-story quote:** “The moment the wormhole reached critical proximity, it *inverted topology*, folding around the singularity like a Mobius coil. From the outside, it looked like the black hole vanished. From the inside... we still don’t know.”

#### 4. **Fictional Mechanism: Gravitational Anchoring or Leashing**

Your story might involve tethering the black hole with **gravity anchors**, quantum filaments, or magnetic sheaths. These give you control over **how much of it enters**, and **when**.

> **In-universe justification:** “We didn’t send the whole black hole — just the ergosphere. That was enough to strip a planet’s atmosphere through the exit node.”

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### 🧠 How You Keep It from Breaking the Universe

To justify the wormhole not instantly collapsing, you need:

| Fictional Feature | Purpose |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| **Exotic Matter** | Stabilizes throat against gravity |
| **Mass Limiters** | Throttle the black hole's impact |
| **Temporal Offloading** | Routes stress into time dimension |
| **Graviton Refractors** | Prevent spacetime tearing |
| **Directional Transit** | One-way trip, not bidirectional |

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### 🌀 Bonus: Why Send a Black Hole?

* **Weapon:** Planet-shattering payload.
* **Trash disposal:** Literally yeet singularities into a void dimension.
* **Propulsion:** Use Hawking radiation bursts to *slingshot* a craft.
* **Communication:** Encode data in gravitational waves, then thread the hole through a wormhole (very flashy way to send a “hi”).

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### Summary

Sending a black hole through a wormhole breaks conventional physics, but in fiction:

* You stabilize the wormhole first (usually with exotic matter or alien tech).
* You limit the black hole’s destructiveness (e.g., micro black hole, containment).
* You control the interaction using high-tech scaffolding or spatial reframing.
* You invert the act — the wormhole eats the black hole, not the reverse.

Let me know if you want this explained in-universe by one of your characters or with specific tech levels for your setting.
 
Though I would ask the question - if they have the technology to manipulate spacetime to that degree, why do they even need the wormhole in the first place?
 
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Strange, when I chatted with the genAI it spoke as though sending a black hole through a wormhole was the most natural thing in the universe.

Goes to show how unreliable they still are.


Though I would ask the question - if they have the technology to manipulate spacetime to that degree, why do they even need the wormhole in the first place?
Wormholes, black holes, arseholes, all sci-fi tropes that can be thrown into the mixer. The taste of the end result might be bad, though.
 
arseholes
I had a gag in a story that never went anywhere about a giant cosmic asshole, that was sort of like a wormhole that dumped a bunch of intergalactic waste into this one area of space to the point that it became unnavigable. I called it the Brown Eye. I thought it was hilarious at the time, but I was only 35 or so.
 
Another thing to point out is that AI will bend over backwards to make an idea, any idea, work within the context of your story. It’s up to you to be the pilot.
I second this. If we’re using AI to expedite the process, we should be critical of its contribution.

However, if we’re using it to compensate for underdeveloped creative or critical faculties, we may be robbing ourselves of an opportunity to grow. Writing is not only about the product — it can also be a journey of self discovery.
 
I second this. If we’re using AI to expedite the process, we should be critical of its contribution.

Very true. This is like the difference between teaching children to read and teaching them to question what they read.

Anyone can learn to read. But it takes skill, and a keen eye, to question why something is written the way it is. Children should be taught to question everything. :)

Similarly, anyone can tell AI "write me a story about [XYZ]". It takes skill, imagination and empathy to critique the output, find logical reasons (not "I don't like it, haha!") why this bit or that bit aren't so good, and develop creative alternatives that work better.
 
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