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Gaze of Robot, Gaze of Bird

ShortStory 4,920 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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J11-L arrives at the target planet 95,000 years after the race that built it died, but it proceeds with its terraforming mission nevertheless.

AI FictionArtificial IntelligenceAmbiguous Ending

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AI PersonhoodPhilosophicalIntrospectiveDeep SpaceFar FutureConsciousnessLyricalMemoryLiterary SFContemplativeLiteraryIdentityVoice DrivenBittersweetScience Fiction

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