Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆

Author of Waste Tide (Tor 2019) and AI2041 (PRH 2021) . Evangelist of sustainability and Tech-for-good. Techno-shamanism. chenqiufan.eth

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Join us to take the adventure in the world of #AI2041 !

[Kai-Fu Lee @kaifulee]

Our new book, #AI2041 is on sale today. @ChenQiufan and I are so excited to share these stories with you. Have you picked up a copy yet? https://t.co/LdOpryzWEZ

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Great honor to be featured! Wish to bring the culture and stories to the world!!!

[Global Times @globaltimesnews]

Chinese sci-fi author #ChenQiufan’s latest work blends Chaoshan culture with speculative futures. He says ideas once confined to science fiction are becoming reality. He views AI as a natural creativity tool, yet stresses that independent thinking remains paramount.
https://t.co/MBzLvKFHCX

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Fascinating!

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Our TPUs are headed to space! 

Inspired by our history of moonshots, from quantum computing to autonomous driving, Project Suncatcher is exploring how we could one day build scalable ML compute systems in space, harnessing more of the sun’s power (which emits more power than 100 trillion times humanity’s total electricity production).

Like any moonshot, it’s going to require us to solve a lot of complex engineering challenges. Early research shows our Trillium-generation TPUs (our tensor processing units, purpose-built for AI) survived without damage when tested in a particle accelerator to simulate low-earth orbit levels of radiation. However, significant challenges still remain like thermal management and on-orbit system reliability. 

More testing and breakthroughs will be needed as we count down to launch two prototype satellites with @planet by early 2027, our next milestone of many. Excited for us to be a part of all the innovation happening in (this) space!

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

[HKU-Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit (MEHU) @hku_mehu]

𝐌𝐇 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦, 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

Illness moves between the visible and the invisible like a shadow of the body, a figure in a story, a sign of something larger than itself. In the upcoming C&C lunchtime seminar, an award-winning sci-fi author Mr Stanley Qiufan Chen (@chenqiufan), medical doctor Prof Emmanuel Cheung, and medical anthropologist Prof Alex Gearin (@alex_gearin) will join together to discuss and reflect on the symbolic meanings of disease in Chinese cultural worlds.

They will look at sinomedical film📽️ and literature📚 to explore how disease becomes a metaphor that gives form to experiences of suffering and healing as well as to questions of memory, meaning, society, and collective existence. The discussion will explore how metaphors of illness continue to influence the ways bodies and societies are imagined and cared for.

📅 Date: 16 October 2025 (Thursday)
⏳ Time: 12:30 – 1:45 pm HKT
📍 Venue: 3SR-SR3 = Seminar Room 3 (Room 402), 4/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

🔗 Register and learn more:
https://t.co/zNasp7jpnG

We welcome you to join this engaging discussion.

@hku_mehu #CCMU @hkumed @HKUCMEL #HKMU

#C&C #Conversations #Connections #disease #metaphor #sinomedicalfilm #medicalfilm #film #literature #culture #narrative

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

https://t.co/X7XzDX3v8b

my Sora ID: qiufan, Cameo open to everyone. Enjoy.

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 If you're looking for an excellent book about AI to read this summer, these were my AI Book Club's last 24 recommendations (full list below). What book are you reading?

1. "Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence," by @katecrawford

2. "The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma," by @mustafasuleyman & @michaelbhaskar

3. "Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines," by @jovialjoy

4. "The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI," by @drfeifei

5. "Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI," by @ugasser & @Viktor_MS

6. "AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future," by @kaifulee & @ChenQiufan

7. "Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code," by @ruha9

8. "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology," by @NitaFarahany

9.  "The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future," by @OrlyLobel

10. "Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI," by @madhumita29

11. "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI," by @harari_yuval

12. "Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us," by @GaryMarcus

13. "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology," by @anubradford

14. "The Quantified Worker: Law & Technology in the Modern Workplace," by @iajunwa

15. "AI Snake Oil: What AI Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference," by @random_walker & @sayashk

16. "The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley," by @MarietjeSchaake

17. "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology," by @crmiller1

18. "Your Face Belongs to Us: A Tale of AI, a Secretive Startup, and the End of Privacy," by @kashhill

19. "On Privacy and Technology," by @DanielSolove

20. "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the 5 Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains," by @maxsbennett

21. "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip," by @stephenwitt

22. "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism," by Sarah Wynn-Williams

23. "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want," by @emilymbender and @alexhanna

24. "Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI," by @_KarenHao

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[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

@shanghaidaily @kaifulee Thanks for sharing the words.

[Kai-Fu Lee @kaifulee]

Have you read AI 2041? A collection of short stories and AI predictions made in 2020 -- including GenAI!

[AI_4_Healthcare @AI_4_Healthcare]

Indeed @LuizaJarovsky and eerie shades of Chapter 2, 'Gods Behind the Masks' of the book AI 2041 by @kaifulee and @ChenQiufan. #deepfakes

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

@Shaughnessy119 @kaifulee Thanks Tommy! Having more crazy ideas about the future now!

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 Top AI Books: My 2024 Selection. 43,000+ people have just received the 158th edition of my newsletter. If you're looking for your next read or a gift for a loved one, you CAN'T MISS it.

Among the recommended authors are: @katecrawford, @mustafasuleyman, @michaelbhaskar, @jovialjoy, @drfeifei, @ugasser, @Viktor_MS, @kaifulee, @ChenQiufan, @ruha9, @NitaFarahany, @OrlyLobel, @madhumita29, @harari_yuval, @GaryMarcus, @AnuBradford, @iajunwa, @random_walker, @sayashk

👉 Choose your next read, bookmark, and subscribe using the link below.

Happy holidays!

[PJ Ace @PJaccetturo]

This is insane 🤯

Here’s a step-by-step process for making your own world-class anime.

This would have saved us millions if we had Film Crux's guide (and this tech) two years ago.

Full prompts, processes, and cheat codes in the thread below 👇🏼

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

This is incredibly synchronized with what I’ve been thinking recently and bizarrely reminds me the setting of Buddhist worldview. Think about it!

[Jim O'Shaughnessy @jposhaughnessy]

1/ While playing around with our @osventuresllc AI Lab, I glanced to my right and saw "The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick" and wondered if you could create a game based on the world Dick builds in this massive tome.

It was a really fun exercise, and here's the first pass

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

A must-read!

[Polity @politybooks]

“Incisive & alarming ... lays bare the troubling parallels between AI’s rise & historical patterns of exploitation. Essential reading for anyone concerned with technology’s role in shaping our global inequities & future justice.”

@ChenQiufan on @RachelAdamsWard’s ↓ out now

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

“In China now, as in the US then, science fiction’s Golden Age reflects a nation embracing its newfound superpower status.” Sasha Karsavina reviews Han Song’s "Hospital" and "Exorcism" and Mingwei Song’s "Fear of Seeing." https://t.co/pA3JpjE3V0

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

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[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

A grand and prosperous trip into time and materiality.

[Berggruen Institute @berggruenInst]

@ChenQiufan a speculative fiction writer and Berggruen Fellow, connects with the Vaster Than Empires II project by exploring the deep historical and cultural layers of Rome; Walking through the eternal city offers a unique ontological perception of time: https://t.co/z8dv158wOi

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Congrats!

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Huge congrats to all the Hugo nominees and winners(even for the one who got kicked out for 400+ fake votes). It seems the distort reality didn’t work this time. Maybe because Glasgow is a bit far away from magical Chengdu.

[File 770 @File_770]

2024 Hugo Award Winners
https://t.co/JEyaOmVooR

[Stanley Qiufan Chen 陈楸帆 @ChenQiufan]

Such a pleasure! Thanks for having me Jane!

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 AI Book Club announcement: the chosen book for July 2024 is "AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future" by @kaifulee & @ChenQiufan. Selected quotes:

"So, will deep learning eventually become'artificial general intelligence' (AGI), matching human intelligence in every way? Will we counter 'singularity' (see chapter 10)? I don't believe it will happen by 2041. There are many challenges that we have not made much progress on or even understood, such as how to model creativity, strategic thinking, reasoning, counter-factual thinking, emotions, and consciousness. These challenges are likely to require a dozen more breakthroughs like deep learning, but we've had only one great breakthrough in over sixty years, so I believe we are unlikely to see a dozen in twenty years." (page 117)

"Optimists argue that productivity gains from new technology almost always produce economic benefits - that more growth and more prosperity always mean more jobs. But Al and automation differ from other technologies. As we've established in previous chapters, AI is an omni-use technology that will drive changes across hundreds of industries and millions of tasks simultaneously, both cognitive and physical. While most technologies were job creators and job destroyers at the same time - think about how the assembly line changed the automotive industry from artisans hand-assembling expensive cars to routine workers building many cars at much lower prices - the explicit goal of Al is to take over human tasks, thereby decimating jobs. The Industrial Revolution took over a century to spread beyond Europe and the United States, while AI is already being adopted all across the world." (page 347)

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➡️ The book presents a unique mix of informed futurism and fiction, allowing curious minds to fly high and offering food for thought for many of us who usually focus on AI compliance, regulation, and policymaking (and reality's raw flavor). Despite not agreeing with all of Lee's analyses and conclusions (in the non-fiction parts of the book), I found his detailed picture of AI development from 2021 to 2041 eye-opening. His optimism and idealism around AI reflect what many tech and business leaders think, giving skeptical and non-technical readers a glimpse into powerful players' plans and goals for the near future.

➡️ Let me know if you have read it, are planning to read it, or are working on related issues.

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