One big idea in this hack is the relationship between AIs and humans. Here is how i handle it in our story:
One key concept that must be included is the relationships between humans and Artificial Intelligences (AIs). Currently the most common relationship is Master/Slave. This arrangement is easy to program and works acceptably when the AI is a worker in a human society.
Master/Slave however has one major failure mode: who is master and who is slave can flip. This flip has been the major plot point in numerous movies (“Terminator” etc.). Present society appears to have a deep seeded fear of this happening.
Our novel, Born to Storms, explores a second possibility. Here one human and an AI form a symbiotic pair. This relationship is harder to achieve and requires much more training taht is continued over years.
Please note that the protagonists are an Afro-American teenager and an AI without a specific body but presented as an image in any monitor. The AI, JanetA, commonly appears as a sister to the young person, but often wears feathers.
Enjoy, Tom Riley
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