Nastaran Arfaei

Wow! So atmospheric! Cant wait to read more!!

Yayy!!! Thanks Sam! ☺️

Thanks Rajani! Im so happy it’s reading this way ☺️

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.

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Such exciting research! And with so much potential impact!

I work on multi-step decision making with computational models! What is your research?

Omg another scientist/writer in the trenches! Nice to meet you ☺️

Thanks Syd! Love yours too

Although I realize mine was supposed to come out like information on a card but on smartphones it’s scrambles a bit 😂😂😂

Wow congrats! It’s such a positive reminder that perseverance is part of the process ☺️

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

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Lots of textures! I can almost feel it

Love the systematic approach! Happy editing ☺️

Feels like magical entomology!

Thanks Rajani! 😍

😂 the lens flare technique was effective then!

Loving this! So eerie!

Woman running in barren land populated with harvest poles under the hot sun. Image created by the author.

“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.”

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Wow! So exciting! And love the outfit that matches so well with the beautiful cover design 🥰

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

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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

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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

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I was once at a play, and the actor got silent and looked at the person whose phone was ringing in disdain until the phone got silent. Then he continued his dialogue. I still have nightmares of that happening to me 😂

More dystopian is the fact that the said machine then uses your labor at proving your humanity as data to become more human-like

I’m still optimistic that more people will come back to reading good books once they get saturated with the numbness of consuming shallow content.

States move to protect neural data as tech advances Several states have passed or are considering laws that either amend or add to the state’s current consumer privacy laws.

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

Hahaha you should have gotten into the show only if for entrance!

Yes exactly! For me 90% fun of a conference is connecting with others!

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! 💙📚

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Yay!!! I’ll be there too! Good luck with your pitch!