There is a lot of sci-fi out there about psychics, mind control, wireheading and etc. Sci-fi about b

There is a lot of sci-fi out there about psychics, mind control, wireheading and etc. Sci-fi about brains and consciousness. So I am declaring that a new sub-genre, BrainFi.

Fiction that grapples with consciousness, intelligence and the limits of identity has become especially salient now in our new age of commodified intelligence.

So I've been talking about this with AI a lot. And I've been going to used bookstores and looking for books that seem to count, discussing them with ChatGPT, and pushing forward. 

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