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Erik A. Otto

@erikotto.bsky.social

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Life sciences investor, science fiction author and AI safety advocate.

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Who knew Margaret Atwood’s quote “a word after a word after a word is power” would essentially be refactored as the objective function for the world’s most powerful AIs.

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The world of Shroud stands out for not only for it's internally consistent creativity, but also for not falling into any anthropomorphizing rabbit holes like so much science fiction does. The human corporatocracy thought experiment is just as unsettling and well thought-out.

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BBNYA @bbnya.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A big #BBNYA2025 welcome to Falcon Fire by Erik A Otto Welcome aboard and best of luck!!

The cover of Falcon Fire. A futuristic scene with a spaceship heading towards a tower

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Future book news here: a new Children book next year and three other SF to come from Pan MacMillan.

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The Reading Ruru/Kerry @devildauta.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

@spsfc.bsky.social We, team Space Girls have named our SPSFC 4 semifinalists: Proliferation by @erikotto.bsky.social and On Impulse by Heather Texle. Looking forward to reading the other semi finalists in our group * tinyurl.com/proliferation2 * tinyurl.com/onimpulse www.lecari.co.uk

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SPSFC4: Quarter-Finalist announcement

The Space Girls announce their six quarter-finalists picks for the Self-Published Sci-Fi Competition #4 - find out who they are here!

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I'm incredibly honored to have my novel Proliferation picked as a semifinalist in the #SPSFC competition. These are the top 12 out of more than 180 books entered. Woohoo! 🚀🚀🚀🙏🙏🙏🎉🎉🎉 bsky.app/profile/spsf...

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

👍 appreciate your perspective very much.

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

10% would be all, or mostly, visceral fat, which means it's basically as effective at GLP. I'm not saying it might not be a good drug, especially for maintenance, I just question the preclinical data and wonder about expectations.

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Based on this preclinical data, one would think 10% possible, but I'm having trouble believing it. While I do think the MOA looks plausible, I struggle with how something acting peripherally and sparing muscle could achieve this level of weight loss.

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Erik A. Otto @erikotto.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Hi Dirk - I wondered if you have an opinion on WVE's obesity program? The concept seems plausible to me, but I would have expected small effect sizes, however the preclinical data shows large effects. Have you looked at it and do you have an opinion on POS and likely effect size?

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 20/02/2025

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

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Apple’s new sci-fi series “Murderbot” to make global debut May 16, 2025

Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at “Murderbot,” created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård

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