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I Am AI

A Novelette
By Ai Jiang
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I Am AI follows Ai, a cyborg masquerading as an AI writing program, navigating the relentless pace of the city of Emit. As the city rapidly evolves, Ai grapples with the tension between retaining her humanity and embracing mechanical efficiency and invincibility, questioning what one might sacrifice to surpass human limitations.
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This thought-provoking sci-fi novelette suits readers fascinated by identity, transhumanism, and futuristic urban landscapes.

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"If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations... would you? Ai is a cyborg, under the guise of an AI writing program, who strugles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind."--Page 4 of cover.

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Moving, brilliant, and certified 100% human. - Samit Basu, author of Turbulence

★ Finalist - Hugo Award for Best Novelette

★ Finalist - Nebula Award for Novelette - Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association

★ Finalist - Locus Award for Novelette

If you have the opportunity to give up humanity for efficiency, mechanical invincibility, and to surpass human limitations... would you?

I Am AI introduces Ai, a cyborg under the guise of an AI writing program, who struggles to keep up with the never-blinking city of Emit as it threatens to leave all those like her behind.

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ISBN: 9781959565093

Publisher: Shortwave Media

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 2023

Imprint: Shortwave Media

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 68g

Pages: 80

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