articles Eyes in the "Black Mirror" And that is what the Black Mirror is all about. We do not see our face in that black screen. We see what is left of our consciousness.
reviews Studio 5, The Stars: Ballard’s 1961 short story that anticipated the issue of generative AI As early as 1961 (in the short story Studio 5, The Stars), Ballard anticipated one of the most topical and controversial issues of the day: The generation of texts with machines (or AIs).
articles The Uncanny Valley in a cyberpunk vision Robots like humans are more attractive, but only up to a certain point: the Uncanny valley.
reviews Ballard’s High Rise: An unconscious diagram of a mysterious psyche Can people's behavior be influenced by a certain type of dwelling? Why do civilizations descend into chaos? Or, rather, why do individuals degenerate into chaos when they are placed in certain conditions?
articles The 'real' space of the Cyberpunk: A reflection It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.― William Gibson
articles A Science Fiction Journey: Where does Sci-Fi come from? How define the origin of the science fiction? It is near impossible. You would have to trace the entire path of stories, plots, novels, short stories, narratives of all kinds.
mybooks Lost in the Shell: SciFi e Dintorni - Italian Edition 17 racconti raccolti in quest’antologia. Un percorso bizzarro e inquietante tra coscienza, fantascienza, cyberpunk e tecnologia.
mybooks Lost in the Shell: Flash and shorts around SciFi - English Edition 17 stories in this collection. A bizarre and disturbing journey through consciousness, science fiction, cyberpunk and technology.
mybooks Root Legacy: To the Edge of Consciousness - Cyberpunk/SciFi novel He has broken through their defenses. They won't forgive him. But he is not alone.
mybooks The Outers: What if even they couldn't stop it? - SciFi novel In a neurotic world of Cybermen and Snervants Arthur Donovan finds himself embroiled with the charming profiler Himna in a financial-political AI intrigue.
articles Artificial intelligence, science fiction and everyday life Generative AI products can produce written, graphical, and audio content or software programs with minimal human involvement, but also flat creative output and minimize the importance of human emotions and feelings involved in the creative process.
reviews Ballard: four novels Under the sign of the Apocalypse The apocalyptic scenario is one that many of James G. Ballard's characters have to face. Ballard is a science fiction writer and noble father of speculative cyberpunk. His stories unfold under the sign of the Apocalypse, the Revelation of a new dystopic world.
