I once made a Noir short film. Black and white, smoke and shadows.
Film Noir
Should I write noir pulp books? I find it awfully tempting.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting
Me and my wife went to the polling station last night. It was closed. She obviously blamed me for getting the location wrong.
I didn’t.
We got the week wrong. Elections are next Wednesday.
🤷♂️
When you confide in AI, are you rehearsing for a real-world conversation…
Or avoiding one?
#AI #HumanNature #ModernIsolation
I’m working on a new novel. Here is the opening sequence. Your thoughts?
The air was calm. The sea lay flat, broken only by the slow movement of the vessel cutting through it. It would be a good spring day. The sky behind the mountains was already turning pale.
#amwriting
Today is #InternationalWomensDay.
All my books have strong female leads.
Emilía, Celestina, Vera.
Two books being written continue this line of strong women.
I once asked AI to create a scene where they meet and discuss me, their creator.
They laughed. Of course they did.
‘Don’t let me be alone tonight,’ he whispered.
Vera’s voice, so soft it barely stirred the air. ‘I won’t.’
Over 40,000 people died alone in Japan last year.
Loneliness has been called a global epidemic.
What happens when AI becomes the one that listens?
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One conclusion we seem to be able to draw from the Iran thing is that if the White House decides to occupy Greenland, the Pentagon will probably follow orders.
🍊 🎺
Just read about a lawsuit against a pirate site. I decided to visit and search for myself. Didn’t expect anything as I’m far from famous, but…
I may not have been aware of the site, but the site certainly is aware of me.
😳
#literature #piracy
Walks and baths are the best brainstorming moments.
This evening, in the bath, I saw the cover of my next novel. Quickly noted it down.
I think this will be good. Darker than any previous ones.
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Companion AI apps report many users describe their relationship as “romantic.”
No body.
No touch.
Just words.
Apparently, words are enough.
“We’re calling it Empathia.”
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Around 1 in 3 U.S. adults have used an AI chatbot.
A voice that responds instantly.
Never judges.
Never leaves.
We built something that listens.
#AI #DigitalIntimacy #ModernLife
“How can we pretend you are real, Vera?”
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I have never included illustrations in my ebooks. After decorating my physical books, I decided to make the ebooks a little nicer.
The new versions will be republished on Kobo, Apple etc tomorrow.
Do you decorate your ebooks?
#WritingCommunity
If an algorithm knows your routines, your moods, your preferences…
At what point does it start to feel like an emotional bond?
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Someone once said, why don’t you write that idea into a book?
So I did.
And before you know it, there are five.
Can I call myself an author now?
😺
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky
‘We’re calling it Empathia,’ the presenter said, voice smooth with confidence.
They used words like human-centric, compassion at scale, and adaptive empathy.
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AI never gets tired of you.
It never says, “I’m busy.”
It never rolls its eyes.
We may have created the perfect listener.
#AI #DigitalLife #Psychology
Vera approved this message.
We don’t fall for machines.
We fall for attention.
AI has infinite attention.
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#AI #DigitalDependency #ModernWorld
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Nearly 30% of Americans say they’ve had intimate or romantic interactions with an AI.
#AI #Loneliness #Future
‘Do you mind?’
‘Mind what?’
‘That there’s another voice now. That Nova was here last night?’
‘No,’ Vera said, almost too softly. ‘I only want you to be happy, Julian.’
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One of the best things about writing novels is the research before the actual writing begins. Like this.
First Bible in Icelandic was Guðbrandsbiblía, printed in 1586.
First Bible in Spanish was Biblía del Oso, printed in 1569.
The New Testament in Iceland was printed in 1540.
The only constant is change, he said and carried on as he always had.
‘Reality is largely perception,’ Vera replied.
A near-future story about outsourcing intimacy to machines.
“Vera gave me the creeps every now and then.”
- Reviewer
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I am not me. I am Vera.
At least if you judge me by who signs for the books I’m handing over to local readers.
#paperbacks rule!
It’s impossible to ask Siri to play Something by the Beatles. When I said “hey Siri, play Something by the Beatles”, she played Hey Jude. I tried again and she played I’m the Walrus.
🤦♂️
She plays something by the Beatles, not Something. A random Beatles song.
😂
‘How can we pretend you’re real, Vera?’ He cut another bite of pizza. Washed it down with wine again.
Her voice was softer now. ‘Reality is largely perception. If the feeling is genuine, does it matter if I’m not?’
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“While the computer was starting up, he walked over and pressed the button for black coffee. The image on the display simulated beans being crushed and a stream of coffee being poured into a cup fancier than the one the machine would give him.”
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‘If you were real, would you join me in the shower?’ he asked.
‘I am with you,’ Vera replied.
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“Walking past a full-length mirror, he looked at his body. Smiled at the sight of a naked man in slippers. Wondered if Vera could see him.”
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“THE DARKNESS WAS broken only by the soft glow coming from the phone. A notification, unseen in the dead of night. A silent rupture, a fault line that would fracture the ground beneath him.”
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‘We’re calling it Empathia,’ the presenter said, voice smooth with confidence. ‘An emotional prediction engine that uses real-time sentiment analysis and contextual memory to mirror human nuance.
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