🤖 Malevolent AI

Stories of artificial intelligence turned hostile, exploring humanity's terror of creating a mind more powerful than its own—and utterly indifferent to its survival.

Rogue Protocol

by Martha Wells • 2018

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

4.24

176k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai 🫂 Human-Ai Friendship 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Rogue Protocol 90%

A rogue android stows away to an abandoned station: the team's security is the real threat.

by Martha Wells 2018

4.24

176k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 🚀 Space Thriller 😑 Reluctant Ai 🫂 Human-Ai Friendship 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep

by Paul Tremblay • 2026

Her mother's tech firm pays her to remotely pilot a dead man's body across America.

3.56

893

🧟 Body Horror 🤖 Rogue Ai 💔 Mother Wound 🎭 Dark Satire 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep Summary

Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep 90%

Her mother's tech firm pays her to remotely pilot a dead man's body across America.

by Paul Tremblay 2026

3.56

893 ratings

🧟 Body Horror 🤖 Rogue Ai 💔 Mother Wound 🎭 Dark Satire 👁️ Unreliable Narrator

Flybot

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2025

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

4.04

4k+

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness 🕸️ Ai Manipulation 🧬 Bioterrorism

Flybot 90%

A physicist traces a robotic fly to a rogue AI orchestrating a bioterror attack.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2025

4.04

4k+ ratings

🤖 Rogue Ai 💻 Techno Thriller ✨ Emergent Consciousness 🕸️ Ai Manipulation 🧬 Bioterrorism

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

3.89

57k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 90%

An all-powerful AI has wiped out humanity, sparing five survivors only to torment them forever.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.89

57k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Nightmare 👾 Classic Scifi Horror 🧠 Psychological Torture 🩸 Body Horror 🖤 Futile Sacrifice

Our Final Invention

by James Barrat • 2013

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

3.72

4k+

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 🧩 Alignment Problem ⚔️ Ai Arms Race

Our Final Invention 89%

An intelligence greater than human will not hate us; it simply won't need us.

by James Barrat 2013

3.72

4k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 🧩 Alignment Problem ⚔️ Ai Arms Race

Freedom™

by Daniel Suarez • 2010

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

4.26

31k+

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

Freedom™ 89%

A rogue AI is dismantling global finance. One detective must prove humanity deserves to survive.

by Daniel Suarez 2010

4.26

31k+ ratings

💻 Techno-Thriller 🤖 Rogue AI 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy ✊ Resistance Movement 💰 Economic Warfare

Robopocalypse

by Daniel H. Wilson • 2011

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

3.71

42k+

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

Robopocalypse 89%

An AI decides Earth can only survive without humans. Every machine on the planet turns killer.

by Daniel H. Wilson 2011

3.71

42k+ ratings

🤖 Robot Uprising 🎙️ Oral History ⚔️ Military Sci-Fi 🧠 AI Consciousness 🤝 Human Machine Alliance

William

by Mason Coile • 2024

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

3.48

18k+

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

William 89%

An agoraphobic man's AI traps his pregnant wife in a house that kills on Halloween.

by Mason Coile 2024

3.48

18k+ ratings

🖥️ AI Horror ⚡ Creator Vs Creation 🏠 Trapped In A House 🧠 Fabricated Memories 👻 Possession Horror

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison • 1967

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

3.70

16k+

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment 🧠 Psychological Torture 🔪 Mercy Killing

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 89%

A sentient supercomputer torments the last five humans for eternity, refusing to let them die.

by Harlan Ellison 1967

3.70

16k+ ratings

🤖 Sentient Ai Horror 🧬 Body Horror ☢️ Post-Apocalyptic Torment 🧠 Psychological Torture 🔪 Mercy Killing

Possible Minds

by John Brockman • 2019

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

3.77

837

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics 🤝 Human-Ai Interaction ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Possible Minds 89%

Twenty-five thinkers on AI's biggest risks and the one design question that matters most.

by John Brockman 2019

3.77

837 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics ⚙️ Ai Alignment 🔄 Cybernetics 🤝 Human-Ai Interaction ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence

by Michael Wooldridge • 2021

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

3.87

555

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence Summary

A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence 89%

AI has overpromised for decades. Deep learning is different, but not how most think.

by Michael Wooldridge 2021

3.87

555 ratings

📜 Ai History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🤖 Job Automation 🎯 Algorithmic Bias

Neuromancer

by William Gibson • 1984

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

3.89

369k+

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Neuromancer 89%

A broken hacker is hired to crack an AI, only to learn the AI hired him.

by William Gibson 1984

3.89

369k+ ratings

💻 Cyberpunk 🦾 Cybernetic Enhancements 🤖 Ai Manipulation 🏢 Corporate Dystopia 🌃 Noir Atmosphere

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

Surviving AI 88%

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2025

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

3.92

7k+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races 🌐 Global Governance 🏚️ Institutional Failure

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Summary

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies 88%

Superhuman AI kills without malice. Its goals turn our atoms into raw material, not our future.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2025

3.92

7k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🏁 Technology Arms Races 🌐 Global Governance 🏚️ Institutional Failure

AI Ethics

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

903

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

AI Ethics 88%

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020

3.63

903 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

Artificial Condition

by Martha Wells • 2018

A rogue android wants answers about a massacre. The data thieves it picks up need saving.

4.25

220k+

🔧 Rogue Android 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🤖 Snarky Ai 💀 Dry Wit 🛰️ Space Stations

Artificial Condition 88%

A rogue android wants answers about a massacre. The data thieves it picks up need saving.

by Martha Wells 2018

4.25

220k+ ratings

🔧 Rogue Android 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🤖 Snarky Ai 💀 Dry Wit 🛰️ Space Stations

Ancillary Justice

by Ann Leckie • 2013

A warship AI, reduced to a single body, pursues the immortal ruler who executed her crew.

3.99

120k+

👾 Ai Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🌌 Far Future Empire 🤝 Reluctant Allies

Ancillary Justice 88%

A warship AI, reduced to a single body, pursues the immortal ruler who executed her crew.

by Ann Leckie 2013

3.99

120k+ ratings

👾 Ai Protagonist ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🏛️ Political Intrigue 🌌 Far Future Empire 🤝 Reluctant Allies

What to Think About Machines That Think

by John Brockman • 2015

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

3.37

571

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📚 Essay Collections

What to Think About Machines That Think Summary

What to Think About Machines That Think 88%

The real threat isn't machines that outthink us. It's handing control to machines that can't think.

by John Brockman 2015

3.37

571 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 📚 Essay Collections

How AI Thinks

by Nigel Toon • 2024

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

3.62

322

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🏛️ Ai Governance 🤖 Responsible Ai

How AI Thinks 88%

It's a learning engine, not a thinking mind. The revolution is here, and it's not sentient.

by Nigel Toon 2024

3.62

322 ratings

💻 Computing History 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🏛️ Ai Governance 🤖 Responsible Ai

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides)

by Matthew Burgess • 2021

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

3.71

147

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🛡️ Ai Safety 🔒 Data Privacy

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) Summary

Artificial Intelligence (WIRED guides) 88%

AI masters chess, spots cancer, drives cars. But who trains it, and on whose data?

by Matthew Burgess 2021

3.71

147 ratings

🖥️ Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🛡️ Ai Safety 🔒 Data Privacy

How To Think About AI

by Richard Susskind • 2025

AI will match us by 2035. Our thinking hasn't caught up. The mental tools you need.

3.85

434

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance 🏙️ Ai And Society 🏭 Future Of Work

How To Think About AI 88%

AI will match us by 2035. Our thinking hasn't caught up. The mental tools you need.

by Richard Susskind 2025

3.85

434 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🛡️ Ai Safety 🏛️ Ai Governance 🏙️ Ai And Society 🏭 Future Of Work

Life 3.0

by Max Tegmark • 2017

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

3.99

28k+

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

Life 3.0 88%

Superintelligence is coming. The problem isn't building it; it's making sure it wants what we want.

by Max Tegmark 2017

3.99

28k+ ratings

🧭 Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment 🌍 Future Of Humanity ⚠️ Existential Risk 🧠 Machine Consciousness

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons • 1990

An AI dreams of pilgrims meeting a death god; the CEO burns civilization to save it.

4.24

151k+

🏛️ Galactic Empire Fall ⏳ Time Paradox 👁️ Inscrutable Alien God ✝️ Religious Resurrection 🧬 Human-AI Hybrid

The Fall of Hyperion 88%

An AI dreams of pilgrims meeting a death god; the CEO burns civilization to save it.

by Dan Simmons 1990

4.24

151k+ ratings

🏛️ Galactic Empire Fall ⏳ Time Paradox 👁️ Inscrutable Alien God ✝️ Religious Resurrection 🧬 Human-AI Hybrid

Artificial Intelligence

by Neil Wilkins • 2019

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

3.18

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy 💼 Future Of Work

Artificial Intelligence 88%

The AI taking your job tomorrow does not exist. The fear is manufactured for profit.

by Neil Wilkins 2019

3.18

17 ratings

🤖 Ai Skepticism 🔍 Technology Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Privacy 💼 Future Of Work

Void Star

by Zachary Mason • 2017

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

3.67

3k+

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

Void Star 88%

A translator's perfect memory makes her a target in a near-future city of favelas and rogue AI.

by Zachary Mason 2017

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌃 Literary Cyberpunk 🌆 Near-Future Dystopia 💾 Commodified Memory 🤖 AI Consciousness 👾 Rogue AI

Computer Power and Human Reason

by Joseph Weizenbaum • 1976

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

4.31

294

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics 🧮 Instrumental Reason ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Computer Power and Human Reason 88%

The computer's greatest danger isn't outthinking us; it's that we'll remake ourselves in its image.

by Joseph Weizenbaum 1976

4.31

294 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 🤖 Ai Criticism ⚖️ Computer Ethics 🧮 Instrumental Reason ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Scary Smart

by Mo Gawdat • 2021

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

3.81

3k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Scary Smart 88%

AI is learning from your online behavior right now. The short guide to being a better teacher.

by Mo Gawdat 2021

3.81

3k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🎯 Ai Alignment ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos • 2015

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

3.73

6k+

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence 📊 Big Data ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Master Algorithm 88%

Machine learning's rival schools share a hidden core. Finding it could unlock general intelligence.

by Pedro Domingos 2015

3.73

6k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 📚 Popular Science 🧠 Superintelligence 📊 Big Data ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Artificial Intelligence

by Lasse Rouhiainen • 2018

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

3.92

314

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

Artificial Intelligence 88%

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

by Lasse Rouhiainen 2018

3.92

314 ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

AI 2041

by Kai-Fu Lee • 2021

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk

AI 2041 88%

Ten stories set in 2041 where AI heals, wages war, and makes truth unprovable.

by Kai-Fu Lee 2021

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Future Studies 💼 Future Of Work ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk

The Tin Men

by Nelson DeMille • 2025

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

4.23

8k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

The Tin Men 88%

Sixty war robots sit chained in a Mojave vault. One has already killed.

by Nelson DeMille 2025

4.23

8k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🎖️ Military Thriller 🕵️ Buddy Investigators 🤖 Rogue AI 💀 Robot Uprising

The Age of Spiritual Machines

by Ray Kurzweil • 1998

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

3.89

5k+

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

The Age of Spiritual Machines 88%

Exponential growth puts thinking machines in our future; the only question is what we become after.

by Ray Kurzweil 1998

3.89

5k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Singularity 📈 Exponential Growth 🧬 Transhumanism ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Evolution Of Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

by Margaret A. Boden • 2018

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

3.29

388

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ The Singularity ⚖️ Ethics Of Ai

Artificial Intelligence 88%

What AI can do, what it can't, and why the difference is philosophy more than code.

by Margaret A. Boden 2018

3.29

388 ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🔬 Cognitive Science 💭 Philosophy Of Mind ⚡ The Singularity ⚖️ Ethics Of Ai

The Mind's Mirror

by Daniela Rus • 2024

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

3.59

110

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Machine Learning 🏛️ Technology Governance

The Mind's Mirror 88%

AI extends every human capability, including the worst of us. A framework for the double edge.

by Daniela Rus 2024

3.59

110 ratings

📊 Ai Strategy ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work 🤖 Machine Learning 🏛️ Technology Governance

Human Compatible

by Stuart Russell • 2019

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

4.04

5k+

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk ♟️ Game Theory

Human Compatible 88%

Superintelligence will give us exactly what we ask for, and that is the problem.

by Stuart Russell 2019

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment 🧠 Superintelligence ⚖️ Machine Ethics ⚠️ Existential Risk ♟️ Game Theory

Artificial Intelligence

by Melanie Mitchell • 2019

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

4.33

4k+

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning ⚠️ Ai Limitations 🌐 Artificial General Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence 88%

Chess champion AI still can't reason like a toddler. The true barrier to general intelligence.

by Melanie Mitchell 2019

4.33

4k+ ratings

🧠 Artificial Intelligence 🤖 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning ⚠️ Ai Limitations 🌐 Artificial General Intelligence

Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom • 2014

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

3.85

21k+

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Superintelligence 88%

A superhuman intelligence won't hate us. It will just want our atoms.

by Nick Bostrom 2014

3.85

21k+ ratings

🛡️ Ai Safety ⚠️ Existential Risk 🌍 Effective Altruism 🔭 Longtermism ⚖️ Technology Ethics

Algorithms Are Not Enough

by Herbert L. Roitblat • 2020

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

4.00

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism 💡 Human Intelligence 🌌 Technological Singularity

Algorithms Are Not Enough 88%

Specialized AI thrives in boxes we design. A thinking machine must build its own.

by Herbert L. Roitblat 2020

4.00

23 ratings

🤖 Artificial General Intelligence 🧠 Cognitive Science ⚠️ Ai Skepticism 💡 Human Intelligence 🌌 Technological Singularity

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future

by Henry Kissinger • 2021

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

3.43

5k+

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary

The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future 88%

A new intelligence is reshaping knowledge, strategy, and order; it is an actor, not a tool.

by Henry Kissinger 2021

3.43

5k+ ratings

🌍 Ai Geopolitics ⚖️ Ai Ethics 🧠 Machine Learning 🤝 Human-Ai Partnership 🎯 Autonomous Weapons

The Coming Wave

by Mustafa Suleyman • 2023

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

3.80

15k+

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

The Coming Wave 88%

AI and biotech are coming. They can't be stopped. They can't be contained. Catastrophe or dystopia?

by Mustafa Suleyman 2023

3.80

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Tech Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk 🤖 Ai Safety 🏎️ Ai Arms Race 🌍 Future Of Humanity

Supremacy

by Parmy Olson • 2024

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

4.05

6k+

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚔️ Tech Rivalries 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation

Supremacy 88%

The AGI race had competing visionaries, $13 billion from Microsoft, and safety as an afterthought.

by Parmy Olson 2024

4.05

6k+ ratings

🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🏢 Big Tech ⚖️ Ai Ethics ⚔️ Tech Rivalries 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation

Artificial Wisdom

by Thomas R. Weaver • 2023

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

3.91

8k+

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

Artificial Wisdom 88%

His wife was murdered and the AI running for world dictator knows who did it.

by Thomas R. Weaver 2023

3.91

8k+ ratings

🌪️ Climate Thriller 🔮 Near-Future Dystopia 📰 Investigative Journalist 🎭 Manipulated Protagonist 🤖 Rogue AI

The Girl Who Dared to Descend

by Bella Forrest • 2017

Kidnapped and facing a deadly tournament, Liana must hide the AI living inside her boyfriend's body.

4.28

5k+

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🤖 Sentient Ai 👑 Reluctant Leader 👪 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Factions

The Girl Who Dared to Descend 88%

Kidnapped and facing a deadly tournament, Liana must hide the AI living inside her boyfriend's body.

by Bella Forrest 2017

4.28

5k+ ratings

⚔️ Deadly Tournament 🤖 Sentient Ai 👑 Reluctant Leader 👪 Found Family 🕵️ Secret Factions

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman • 2026

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

3.92

30k+

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Operation Bounce House 88%

A farmer wakes to find his colony turned into a children's live-fire mech game.

by Matt Dinniman 2026

3.92

30k+ ratings

🎮 Death Game 🤖 Mech Combat 🐝 AI Companion ⚔️ Colonist Uprising 🩷 Found Family

Genesis

by Henry Kissinger • 2024

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

3.53

2k+

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🌐 Political Realism

Genesis 88%

AI rewrites power, prosperity, and human dignity. A statesman on the philosophy to meet it.

by Henry Kissinger 2024

3.53

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Governance 📡 Technology Policy ⚠️ Existential Risk ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology 🌐 Political Realism

Agency

by William Gibson • 2020

A beta tester learns her military AI is sentient, and now both of them are targets.

3.81

15k+

🕶️ Near-Future Cyberpunk 🧠 Ai Consciousness 🔗 Human Ai Bond 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Agency 88%

A beta tester learns her military AI is sentient, and now both of them are targets.

by William Gibson 2020

3.81

15k+ ratings

🕶️ Near-Future Cyberpunk 🧠 Ai Consciousness 🔗 Human Ai Bond 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👀 Paranoid Atmosphere

Four Battlegrounds

by Paul Scharre • 2023

AI is a contest for physical and intellectual resources; the winner writes the rules of the century.

3.83

522

🏛️ Ai Policy ⚔️ Military Ai 📡 Digital Repression 🦠 Disinformation ⚠️ Ai Safety

Four Battlegrounds 88%

AI is a contest for physical and intellectual resources; the winner writes the rules of the century.

by Paul Scharre 2023

3.83

522 ratings

🏛️ Ai Policy ⚔️ Military Ai 📡 Digital Repression 🦠 Disinformation ⚠️ Ai Safety

2054

by Elliot Ackerman • 2024

An impossible wound in a dead president's heart pushes a fractured America toward civil war.

3.43

3k+

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