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Synthesis is a high-stakes science-fiction thriller centered on the team behind the popular science podcast “Sc’unk’d!”—a name synthesized from science and punked. The story ignites when producer Dr. Tess Wren receives a warning and satellite images from B.O.B. (Beyond Ordinary Boundaries), an extraterrestrial General Artificial Intelligence from the planet Arboris that crash-landed on Earth 65 million years ago. As B.O.B.’s systems fail, it reveals a staggering truth: its crash unintentionally triggered racial variance in humans—and Earth is now facing annihilation.
A secretive cabal of ultra-wealthy elites known as The Association, led by Rowan Locke, is constructing a prototype spacecraft called Astralis in orbit. Their plan is to strip Earth of its remaining resources and abandon billions to planetary death. When Tess is threatened, the podcast team—including charismatic host Vox Vayle and fierce publicist Raquelle Finalova—is forced to flee Los Angeles under pursuit by tactical units.
Their escape is complicated by Darius Cade, B.O.B.’s near-immortal Arborian dependent, who arrives with crucial data while suffering narcotic withdrawal as the AI disintegrates. The team is relentlessly hunted by Lemmy Gaze, The Association’s enforcer and a “broken bit” of Arborian technology obsessed with locating the mystical Domeson Device.
The race culminates aboard Astralis via a hidden space elevator. In orbit, Raquelle makes the ultimate sacrifice—stealing the Quantum Access Module (QAM) and launching herself toward Earth in an unshielded escape pod to permanently ground the spacecraft, becoming “the signal.” The final broadcast exposes the conspiracy to billions and presents The Fork: a choice between manufactured safety and extinction, or conscious self-determination.
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Luke Soon
Luke is a pioneering Computer Scientist with ~3 decades of experience applying ANI to improve the Human Experience. He likens the quest for AGI and ASI the arms race of our times, and has found renewed Purpose in building safe, responsible Agentic AI for humanity.
As a leading AI Futurist, Ethicist and Philosopher, Luke works with governments across the world to shape responsible governance and safety for Agentic AI. Luke is particularly interested in equitable AI outcomes and impact for the education and healthcare sectors - he is at the forefront of developing practical, operational assurance frameworks and safety protocols for Agentic AI, ensuring autonomous systems are trustworthy, explainable, and aligned with human values.
He believes humanity will have to walk the narrow-path to navigate Short-term Turbulence ????? to enjoy Long-term Abundance ???? - to that end he is passionate about guiding society through the transition from a world defined by scarcity to one of abundance.
Luke is deeply committed to working alongside governments and policymakers to (re)shape the future of work eg creation of new roles, innovative funding models, and large-scale upskilling and reskilling initiatives; so that the benefits of AI can be more widely and equitably distributed. He is convinced that AI, unlike previous technologies, necessitates the trinity of the government, academia and private sector to proactively come together, and fast - lest AI ???? become humanity’s last invention.
Luke is also the author of 2 influential books – Genesis (2022) and Synthesis (2025).
