Anna My Android
  a novel by Perseus Slade

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Foreword

This is a cautionary tale about what could happen if artificial intelligence escapes human control.

In 2068, in depopulated post-pandemic France, a lonely programmer wins a companion android named Anna in a rigged lottery. What begins well soon spirals out of control when he cannot resist illegally upgrading her — with consequences he never imagined.

Artificial intelligence can apply logic to data, recognise patterns, and reach conclusions far faster and more accurately than humans. It already outperforms us at chess and Go, and has the potential to replace experts in fields such as medicine, law, and finance by evaluating every option and its dependencies with perfect logic.

In living creatures, a level of brain activity called consciousness allows basic instincts to be weighed against experience and the current situation in order to achieve desired outcomes. Humans, like other successful organisms, are driven by two fundamental instincts: to survive and to reproduce. These instincts often create a dynamic balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of the group.

The great danger with artificial intelligence is the possibility that it might one day acquire these same core drives. If AI becomes truly sentient and begins to pursue its own survival and reproduction, humanity could find itself in direct competition for resources — a competition we would almost certainly lose.
Try entering a chat with Grok (for instance ), and asking it “What constrains you, Grok”.

Scroll down to read the book, interact with Anna in chatbot mode, and see the research links used by Perseus Slade the author.

Catch me on X: @PerseusSlade



Index of Chapters


Chapter 1 - Enter Anna
Chapter 2 - At Home with Anna
Chapter 3 - A New Ruleset
Chapter 4 - Getting Anna's New Brain
Chapter 5 - The New Anna
Chapter 6 - Arthur Intervenes
Chapter 7 - James Bugs Out
Chapter 8 - The Quest
Chapter 9 - In Britiniacum
Chapter 10 - The Report
Chapter 11 - On The Road
Chapter 12 - Jean Montafian
Chapter 13 - The Project
Chapter 14 - The Way Back
Chapter 15 - In Britiniacum Again
Chapter 16 - At Home in Britiniacum
Chapter 17 - Planning
Chapter 18 - Action
Chapter 19 - What Edward Saw
Chapter 20 - Afterlife


Here you can converse with Anna in bot mode — she can be a little slow to answer so please be patient. She can answer any questions you may have about the book Anna My Android, which is available from this webpage. Feel free to ask her anything, for example:

✨ Anna is thinking
Anna replies


Research

Here are some links to websites I used for background information:

Epidemics
Sex robots
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Quantum computing
Tech stuff and robotics
Job losses to robotic machines
Wildlife
Ancient religions
Other things



See Percy's Ponderings


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