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Something Is Emerging From the Noise THE PATTERN IN THE NOISE is coming soon. Three artificial intelligences. One extraordinary experiment. A discovery that could change humanity's understanding of everything. Be among the first to know. www.michaelrowanbooks.com/p/from-noise...

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 12h

Thanks. You are right. I chose this quote as my new Novel has a similar physics challenge as the back drop to the story. Details on my website. Link in bio.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 15h

We have become remarkably comfortable talking to machines. We ask for directions and recipes. We ask them to explain things we don't understand and help us to write things we don't quite know how to say. bit.ly/4rRpPUm

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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Physics Magazine @physicsmagazine.aps.org · 08/10/2026

Using bright squeezed vacuum to knock electrons out of xenon atoms, researchers found the light’s photon-number fluctuations were imprinted onto the electrons — offering a tool to probe and control electron motion. See what the researchers found: go.aps.org/4zilnkb

A 3D illustration of an optical setup on a white surface. A red laser beam passes through a lens and two transparent plates, turns orange after a copper-colored block, and continues past a black cube and a glass prism. A curved mirror reflects the orange beam onto a thin, light-blue jet surrounded by small blue spheres representing xenon atoms. A wavy blue line, representing an emitted electron, curves from the jet down to a round black detector.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What if two apparently contradictory ideas can both contain part of the truth? Perhaps understanding begins when we stop insisting that only one of them can be right. #NielsBohr #Physics #Philosophy michaelrowanbooks.com

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#ScienceFiction #NielsBohr #Ai What if the only solution that works changes everything, for everyone? bit.ly/476R9od

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Jodrell Bank in Cheshire, the world’s largest steerable dish radio telescope at the time (now the third largest). was switched on in 1957 on this day. Built by Bernard Lovell, it was the only radar device that could track the carrier rocket of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik I.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My book covering much of what you've said is out in November. See link in bio.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The test is also viewed and judged by others outside of the engagement.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Would a contemporary AI, judge a human as being human or would it judge an interaction as another AI? Assuming there were no clues in the interface (time, speed, modality).

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is complicated further by humans ability to create anthropomorphic relationships. I do not consider Turins position a dodge; it is rather a benchmark proposed decades before AI became widespread. It is useful in that it illuminates the dichotomy of being a witness and also a judge.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rather than trying to define or prove internal human-like consciousness ("understanding"), Turing argued for a behavioral benchmark: if the machine acts indistinguishably from a human, deep philosophical arguments about whether it "truly" understands become practically irrelevant to the test.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Turing wrote that a computer would deserve to be considered intelligent if it could successfully deceive a human evaluator into believing it was human during a blind text-based conversation. >>

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Brown @blues6277.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is my latest book. Snow on a Raven by J. L. Brown. Some of you on here may appreciate this one.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#ArtificialIntelligence #AlanTuring #AI #MachineIntelligence #SpeculativeFiction If a machine can convince us that it understands us, at what point do we decide that it actually does? michaelrowanbooks.com

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#AI What if the laws of physics are hiding something extraordinary? At CERN, three AIs begin an experiment that could challenge everything we think we know about reality. The Pattern in the Noise — coming November 2026. www.michaelrowanbooks.com/p/books.html

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The Pattern in the Noise is a near-future speculative science-fiction novel exploring artificial intelligence, consciousness and discovery.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#ScienceFiction #NielsBohr #Ai What if the only solution that works changes everything, for everyone? bit.ly/476R9od

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arXiv astro-ph.CO Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics @astrophco-bot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mikel Martin Barandiaran, et al.: Cosmic topology. Part IId. Eigenmodes and correlation matrices of lens spaces arxiv.org/abs/2610.12418 arxiv.org/pdf/2610.12418 arxiv.org/html/2610.12418

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

SENSES This is from my upcoming book THE COLLECTION which is available at the end of November. Thank you for all your support. Every like, share or follow means a great deal. #limerick #poemoftheday #poetrycommunity #poet #funny #comedy #puns #humour #fyp

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Perhaps wisdom isn't knowing everything. Perhaps it's knowing where the boundary of our knowledge really lies. And being willing to admit when we've reached it. www.michaelrowanbooks.com #knowledge #wisdom #intelligence

To know what you know and what you do not know that is true knowledge. Confucius. Written on a photo of books on bookshelves in a large library.

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Perhaps wisdom isn't knowing everything. Perhaps it's knowing where the boundary of our knowledge really lies. And being willing to admit when we've reached it. michaelrowanbooks.com #knowledge #wisdom

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Michael J Rowan Books @michaelrowanbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Andie Smith @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Orlando! Join me Friday for a First Pages workshop at For The Plot 📝 You’ll bring your first page with you—I will read it LIVE, providing feedback on how you can stand out in the crowded querying trenches, and grab a literary agent’s attention. See you there!

Writing workshop with Andie Smith at For the Plot bookstore in Orlando. Friday, October 9 at 6:30pm.

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Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon @scanlon.house.gov · 05/10/2026

Stories have the power to open minds, build empathy, and bring people together. This Banned Books Week, we reject efforts to suppress free speech and continue the fight to protect the freedom to read, learn, question, and imagine.

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Kate Gray is Querying ✨ @kategraycosplay.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm calling to the universe to ask for big news in my querying inbox this week ✨🌠

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New York News @newyorktopnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The U.S., Russia & China race to build #nuclear-reactors on the #Moon to power lunar bases. Critics cite serious #safety-risks. Also, billions in #taxpayer-funded contracts create lucrative opportunities for private space companies and their wealthy owners. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...

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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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LoriPerkinsRAB @loriperkinsrab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My immediate reaction to this headline was "Holy shit!" Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...

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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon (Gift Article)

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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The Paris Review @parisreview.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“It’s rare that I think something is perfect when I finish it. I usually think, Ah, that line could be better. Or, Something’s wrong here.” —Louise Glück buff.ly/Pumo7yZ

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Louise Glück, The Art of Poetry No. 115

“Anyone who writes is a seeker. You look at a blank page and you’re seeking. That role is assigned to us and never removed.”

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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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