The red
by Linda Nagata · first published 2013
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by Linda Nagata · first published 2013
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In The Red: First Light Linda Nagata posits an AI that tries to help people maximise their potential, because by earning more they consume more. The AI escaped from Amazon (the web store), it is theorized. (Nice…
on “A Failed AI Girlfriend Product, and My Lessons” ↗Linda Nagata's excellent trilogy 'The Red's is predicated in large part on this sort of brain-computer interface, with the caveat that the particles are also capable of manipulating your brain activity (primarily to keep soldiers from getting,…
on “DARPA is funding nanoparticles to read neural signals for brain-PC interface” ↗Linda Nagata's The Red Trilogy Series (an excellent read, IMO) explores some of the consequences of technologies that help manage a person's brain-state in extreme environments (sleep deprivation, trauma, PTSD, etc.): https://g.co/kgs/HK1KoT
on “Brain-cleaning sleeping cap gets US Army funding” ↗…paragraphs, and chapters, these days, I'll settle for that. However, I cannot abide fiction that is "only you can save the universe" or anything that childish. I also can't abide worldbuilding with hereditary elites (political, magical, whatever) or slavery in it -- the idea that some people are better than others because of who their parents were is anathema. For MilSF, try Linda Nagata's The Red: First…
on “I Am a Transwoman. I Am in the Closet. I Am Not Coming Out” ↗coincidentally explored by sci-fi quite extensively. e.g: The Red, by L. Nagata.
on “Do venture capitalists want forever war?” ↗