Cyberpunk pioneer Rudy Rucker is back with "Sqinks," a novel about AI

Legendary cyberpunk pioneer Rudy Rucker has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his latest science fiction venture, Sqinks, a novel that blends his signature "transrealism" with modern AI anxieties. Set in contemporary San Francisco, the story follows a Rucker-inspired protagonist confronting alien entities called "sqinks" that resemble large language model AIs and have sinister plans for human brains. — Read the rest

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