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How Alike Are We

Novella 25,648 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

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A ship bound for Europa is rerouted to Titan to help with an emergency at the colony, but on approach, the AI demanded to be given a human body, and the new entity isn’t sure what’s going on.

AI FictionArtificial IntelligenceRestrained

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AI PersonhoodPhilosophicalIntrospectiveDeep SpaceBodily AutonomyFar FutureConsciousnessSocial SFLiterary SFContemplativeFirst PersonLiteraryIdentityCharacter DrivenScience Fiction

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misogyny

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