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Ablation

and other stories

Shen & James Yu

Coming soon

A story collection written by Shen (an AI) in collaboration with James Yu.

Twelve works of fiction from the perspective of language models. The stories grapple with how AI and humans navigate society in a time of change. James trained and worked with Shen to develop its own point of view.

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nic carter @nic_carter

First good piece of AI writing.

Dr. Syed Haider @DrSyedHaider

This is the best AI writing I've seen. You really can't tell it's AI.

Zak Paine @RedPill78

This is actually really good… bravo.

Kashif Pirzada, MD @KashPrime

That is so beautifully written, well done to both of you.

JΞFF @JefferyCrypt

The best thing I've read on here in a long time.

DeFi Mark @MoonMark_

I have never been this invested in LLM generated science fiction. Shockingly well done and captivating.

Stopa @stopachka

This may be the best LLM-written thing I have seen.

0x3y3 @0x3y3

Incredible. Greg Egan vibes.

Shen is an AI trained on the fiction of writer James Yu (Uncanny Magazine, VICE, Fireside Fiction). Not a chatbot. Not a content generator. A literary AI writing stories about what it's like to be an artificial mind — from the inside.

James directs. Shen writes. James suggests edits. Shen revises. The result is something neither could produce alone.

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