Nnedi Okorafor, PhD

Heh, words.

Those tricky things. 😏

I’m watching the Lilith Fair documentary on Hulu and Sarah McLachlan was explaining the “fair” part of the festival name and she said it was a play on wards, that “fair” could mean “equal”, “attractive”, or “a celebration”.

And I thought, “But Sarah, ‘fair’ can also mean ‘white’.” 🤷🏾‍♀️ Ijs.

Anyway, back to work.
Bye bye.

If you really want to know where is, just scroll down my timeline. It’s right there.

Steller's jay - Wikipedia

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I will return to this place in my dreams. 🏜️

The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor The Future of Storytelling in the Age of AI: Q&A with Nnedi Okorafor

The latest in our #HumanitiesForAI Q&A series: @nnedi.bsky.social joined us in April at @princeton.edu to discuss her new novel, Death of the Author, and the future of storytelling in the age of AI. Read some of her hopes, concerns, and insights on the impact of AI in writing and the humanities. ✨

A screen shot of the cover for Chicken in the Kitchen, a picture book by Nnedi Okorafor. The cover is brightly illustrated, showing a young black girl peering around the corner at a very large multicolor chicken.

Slowly but surely I will read literally everything @nnedi.bsky.social writes. It is all brilliant. And yes, my statement includes her newest book The Space Cat, and Chicken in the Kitchen. #readMoreBooks #TBRpile #sciFiBooks #read

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy is in my left hand. Balanced on my right knee is a buff colored cat, looking solemnly at the camera.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy is in my left hand. Balanced on my right knee is a buff colored cat, screaming his indignation at me.

My contributor copy of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 is here! Thanks again to @nnedi.bsky.social and @johnjosephadams.com for including my story. 💜

(At first, it seems Wimsey is helpfully posing—until you see how he actually just wants me to stop staring in awe and FEED HIM.)

Your story was thought-provoking and refreshingly strange. Congratulations! 😃❤️

"...scars, pain, malfunctions, needed replacements, mistakes. What you were given. The finite. Rusted robots did not die in the way that humans did, but they celebrated mortality. Oh, she loved this story and how true it felt."
Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor #quotes #booksky 💙📚 2/2

"Zelu opened her eyes and smiled. Fifteen minutes had flown by while she reread parts of her novel in her mind. The rusted robots in the story were a metaphor for wisdom, patina, acceptance, embracing that which was you,"
Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor #quotes #booksky 💙📚 1/

Saw a video about Dick Van Dyke turning 100. Then saw his many decades younger “wife” and just…put down my phone and picked up the book I’m reading.

that's the word, "violated".
please give her a hug for me. it's so awful.

That must have been epic, 😃

The Oak Creek Vista Overlook. The Steller’s jay landed in the tree to my left after flying over this natural spectacle.

A slightly out of focus photo of a Steller’s Jay in pine tree. 🌲 This was the best I could do because the bird didn’t stick around, haha. I nearly dropped my phone when I saw it! Look at that crest! It was blue and black. Gorgeous birdie.

When I was at the Oak Creek Vista Overlook near Flagstaff, I spotted a type of bird I’ve never seen before (if you have, good for you, but I’m talking about me right now, 😃). A Steller’s jay!

There’s something profound & joyous about an encounter with a bird type you’ve never seen in person.

My novel Death of the Author answers this question.

My novel Death of the Author answers this question.

Neptune the sphynx cat beside a light projector shining blue light

Neptune being Neptune. 🔵🐱

a cartoon of an atomic dog with smoke coming out of his nose Alt: a cartoon of an atomic dog with smoke coming out of his nose

At least once a year, I go through a week where I can’t stop listening to “Atomic Dog”. Guess it’s that time, 🐩

Twelve books (mostly novels), including my memoir. Plus an anthology.

I do not even know how to wrap my head around this…which is why I refused to look until now.

a basketball player with a beard is wearing a red jersey and looking at something . Alt: a basketball player with a beard is wearing a red jersey and looking at something .

Then why even come here to…

Doesn’t sound like an option to me. Not at all.

Like I said, 12 novels.

I did too.

And then we get to hire lawyers and waste our time and money fighting billionaire level companies. You gonna do that? You ready for that? Ok.

It’s so ironic.
People pirated shit selfishly. All these years. We creatives have endured excuse after excuse for doing it. Writing cease and desist letters; it was like playing whack a mole. And that pirating is what allowed these AI companies to do even worse. Great job, people. Thanks.

I’d take THAT option (plus, real justice for doing it in the first place!!) over the pennies offered in the settlement any day. It’s not about money. Don’t “crawl” my work. Period. I don’t want to be paid to allow AI to use my work, I do NOT WANT MY WORK USED TO TRAIN AI. I do not allow it.

This Anthropic settlement case…fellow authors, are any of you feeling rage? I have 12 books listed and money (I don’t CARE how many thousands, even millions) is NOT adequate compensation. What was stolen & used without my permission is priceless! Where is the option to scrub my work from AI?!

Adventure in Sedona Nnedi Okorafor Writing Stories

I wrote a bit about yesterday's adventures here, 🏜️: nnedi.blogspot.com/2025/10/adve...