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On the SF writer's retreat at Kyoto, Haruna Ikezawa; the SF writer who’s been rethinking her workspace environment, was using a trackball. Like anyone who takes on new challenges, she enthusiastically extolled the virtues of the trackball to me. “You won’t get tendinitis, you can use it on your lap, and with this type, you … Continue reading Trackballer is back
I participated in ICRES 2024, the conference about ethics around robotics and AIs. The president of SFWJ, Dr. Osawa, introduced me to a keynote speech. I titled my speech The Dignity of Silicon: Envisioning a Future of Respectful Synergy with Artificial Beings. As an SF writer who writes about AIs, I am interested in how … Continue reading Keynote speech at ICRES 2024
Future SF shipped the newly written anthology The Digital Aesthete today.Contribution works are fascinating. Ken Liu sent the Good Stories which describes the work when generative AI is an ordinary tool of creation. It’s deep thoughtful work as his other works.PROMPT is the longest work of this anthology, and must be read. But I would … Continue reading THE DIGITAL AESTHETE is out!
I contributed a short story Reader Alice to The Digital Aesthete by Alex Shvartsman who is the chief editor of UFO Publishing. The story is about generative AI, and I wrote my thought on this short story. In this story, I discribed a world after LLM rushing. I hope you like it. Keep it tunes … Continue reading short story Reader Alice
One interesting book is coming this summer. The records of an SF Prototyping workshop conducted by Wired Sci-Fi Prototyping Lab in 2022 will be turned into a cute book. The authors are Taiyo Fujii: me, Haneko Takayama: the Akutagawa Literature Award winner, Takashi Kurata: SF writer, Sansan Inc.: Japanese business communicating service company, and the … Continue reading the book about SF Prototyping