Reading this wonderful paper on inverse planning, with their motivation rooted in literary theory. 💙📚🪐 The fiction writer is an inverse planner, choosing every action, word and event for the objective of inducing emotions in the reader. 🧠🤖🧪 #writingcommunity #books #readersky #literary #science

A literary NeuroScifi that dives into memory, consciousness and control. #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

A neuroscientist suspects an anti-technology cult murdered her friend. When pursuing them gets her in deep trouble, a powerful tech company steps in to offer her protection, if she takes a critical job: She must find and “quench” emergent sentience in supercomputers. #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

Is lobotomizing a machine that has gained consciousness just routine procedure or equal to murder? Severance X Exhalation X Ishiguro #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐

A neuroscientist must either "quench" a nascent consciousness in a supercomputer, or save it and betray her powerful employers. As pressure mounts, she wonders if she, herself is that different from the machine; or just another expendable cog. Severance X Ishiguro #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN

An anti-technology cult. Missing memories. A corporate offer she can’t refuse. A neuroscientist tries to untangle her friend’s murder while leading a team that “quenches” emergent sentience in supercomputers. Severance X A Memory Called Empire X Ishiguro #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐

A neuroscientist gets recruited to lead a team responsible for finding and “killing” emerging consciousness in supercomputers. A technical challenge that quickly spirals into a deep ethical conflict. Severance X Annihilation X Ishiguro #DVpit #SF #LF #A #IMM #OWN 💙📚🪐

Natalie was dead. Her absence still lingered in the lab, in the intentional arrangement of objects on her bench, the unwashed pipettes, the unfinished notes. I remembered the Tuesday morning vividly; seared into my memory like the afterimage of a lightning against the night sky. #DVparty #SF 💙📚🪐

Elvin Institute ID Badge Name: Vista Aetrilla Affiliation: Fellow Date of birth: 05/23/2206 City of Origin: Irem City of Residence: Avedis Area of research: Consciousness Protected under Intercity Alliance Talent Trade Treaty #DVparty #SF 💙📚🪐

“Beyond the molten air, shadows of harvest poles stretched long in the afternoon sun. Drops of sweat fell off my forehead. The pores in my suit pulsated, letting fresh gulps of air in and pushing the moisture away from my skin. It was still not enough.” #DVparty #SF #A #POC #sff #writersky 💙📚🪐✍️

An anti-tech cult. Missing memories. A corporate offer she can’t refuse. A neuroscientist tries to untangle her friend’s murder while leading a team that “quenches” emergent sentience in supercomputers. Severance X Martian X Ishiguro #preDV #A #SF #SP #POC #writingcommunity #sff 💙📚🪐✍️

In a future of chaotic climate and isolated nation cities, a neuroscientist must decide whether to “quench” a nascent consciousness found in a supercomputer, or try save it and betray her powerful employers, and potentially the entire human race. Severance X Ishiguro #preDV #A #SF #SP #POC 💙📚🪐✍️

Vista, an immigrant neuroscientist, gets recruited to lead a team to find and “kill” consciousness if it emerges in supercomputers. A technical challenge that quickly spirals into a deep ethical conflict. Severance X Martian X Ishiguro #preDV #A #SF #SP #POC #OWN #writingcommunity #sff 💙📚🪐✍️

Academic institutes have long been under way stricter regulations from independent ethical committees. We need the same for corporations.🧠🤖🧪 Neural data protection may sound like science fiction, but we are at the beginning of a neurotechnology era. We need better regulations. 💙📚🪐 #tech

I'm thrilled that my lab at NYU is now supported by an NIH MIRA grant! I'm looking to hire 1-2 senior lab members (outstanding postdoc candidates or experienced staff scientists) with expertise in computational or statistical methods in human genetics or genomics. Please share!

Hi fellow conference goers!! Let’s connect here on Bluesky! 💙📚 #NEWENGLANDWW #writingcommunity

#Literature only! ✈️ Well played United…. Well played…. Now can someone explain what “counts” as literature these days? 💙📚✍️ #writersky #writingcommunity #readerSky #books #reading #sff #travel #mood #photography

There was a time people couldn’t get enough blue light! (And had way cooler sense of fashion)

A brief musical note: I’m very excited to share that my brilliant wife, a pianist and composer, has just released her debut album featuring works by Iranian women composers, including one of her own. Here is the link in case you’d like to take a listen: www.navonarecords.com/catalog/nv67...

✏️Book recommendation hack: 1. Find a #LiteraryAgent representing books you like 2. Go to their wishlist and see what other books they have praised 3. Make a list out of those and get reading 📝 Sure way to find highly selected books to your taste 💙📚✍️ #writingcommunity #reading #books #readersky

Would you get an EEG tattoo if it meant you could type with your mind?🧠🤖 Temporary EEG tattoo printed on the scalp sounds sci-fi right? Better quality EEG with less prep time, can mean, scalable, noninvasive Brain Computer Interfaces. But…would you get one?💙📚🪐🧪 #writingcommunity #neuroscifi #STS

#Bluepit was a blast! Thanks everyone! 💙 As I promised by the end of it, I’m starting a series of posts on the space between the brain, tech and ethics. Here is the first:

Who owns a machine after it merges with one’s mind? A woman got an implant for epilepsy in clinical trial, then was forced to have it explanted when the company recalled it. But after 6 years, wasn’t the implant part of her self? Not scifi. Really happened.🧠🤖📚 #FutureTech #BCI #SciFiNow #Booksky

#Bluepit made me realize some people here might like content about Neuro-ethics, Neuro-technology and the choices we have to make about them. So I’ve decided to post more about these, linking to the scientific sources. So let’s stay in touch if that’s up your alley! #BluePitHype 🧪👨‍🎤💙📚

Is lobotomizing a machine that has gained consciousness just a routine procedure or equal to murder? #Bluepit📖 #Q #A #SF #SP #POC #writercommunity #writersky #writers #AmQuerying #BluePitHype 🧪👨‍🎤💙📚

A neuroscientist is recruited to lead a team to find and “quench” consciousness if it emerges in supercomputers. A technical challenge that quickly spirals into a deep ethical conflict. Severance X Martian X Ishiguro #Bluepit 📖 #Q #A #SF #SP #POC #writercommunity #writersky #writers #AmQuerying

#BluePitHype second day! Here is an image from a scene in ch7 “Shadows of the harvest poles stretched long in the low afternoon sun. Far, far before her eyes were fields, poles spread on a hexagonal grid, absorbing light and wind and temperature differences.” #WriteSky #WriterCommunity

Hi #BluePitHype! I’m Nasta. Neuroscientist by day, karate enthusiast by night, and VR tinkerer whenever I get the chance. I just finished writing a grounded, literary neuro-scifi that dives into memory, consciousness, and control. Can’t wait to share it with you all! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Wow! Feels like being back at the pre human-engineering era of social media! Let’s see if we get it right this time