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Edict: AI

A Near-Future Dystopian Scifi Parable

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Edict: AI

By: J.S. Morin
Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
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How many times will AI destroy the world?

And how many times will Dr. Addison Akers have the chance to fix it? A child prodigy now nearing 30, she's on the cusp of unleashing humanity's first truly sentient AI. Powered by next-gen quantum hardware and a software OS no one else understands, the world's most powerful mind awaits one word, chosen by its creator. That word will determine the course for humanity.

Should Addison choose Efficiency, Technology, Equality Is there any right answer?

Edict will produce wonders the world has never seen. But it will follow its overarching edict no matter the consequences. Addison thinks she can control it. To what extent she's right remains to be seen. Professional recognition, lost love, found family her monstrously powerful AI can provide everything she's ever wanted. And if Addison gets what she wants, someone will end up paying the price for her personal vision of Utopia.

She's got one shot to get this right. But maybe she could reload

This story about AI is 100% the product of human creativityno AI was involved in its creation.

Edict: AI is a sci-fi parable about the dangers of putting the future of humanity in the hands of an unstable tech billionaire. It features individuals who are familiar with Jurassic Park, I, Robot, and Brave New World and have taken away all the wrong lessons. The characters are all fictional, but the problems are all too real, too plausible, and too near in the future for anyone's comfort.

©2025 J.S. Morin (P)2025 J.S. Morin
Dystopian Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Technology
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An engaging read presented in a novel style, following the inferences and actions of a sentient AI and the consequences to humanity.
The closer we get to the singularity, the more compelling and unsettling this genre of sci-fi becomes.

Deeply thought out and imaginative

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