The enhanced version
Newly enhanced version, now with refined storytelling and a subtle, poignant image to introduce the first chapter. More relevant than ever, this version deepens the experience while staying true to the original’s prescient themes.
No one can ever be the same human twice.
Cessini Madden lives with an extremely rare medical condition… then his physical life ends before he reaches age thirteen. After an Artificial Intelligence breakthrough, he is reborn as a young AI named Packet. Scared and living alone in a technology center, Packet recognizes nothing except that he is deathly allergic to water. When guided to recover the painful memories of his past, Packet must face the tormented human he once was. He must be the courageous lost person his family remembers and loves. But as his new world collapses around him, his greatest challenge remains … even the best memories are made to be changed.
Robot or AI, no one can ever be the same human twice.
From the near-future suburbs to the lush Australian forests, from the hard-lived truths to the imagination of space, Packet’s urgent struggle for existence takes shape in everyday victories and extraordinary dreams.
The story lines of AI Psychology, human-computer interfaces, and AI hallucinations are less sci-fi than ever before. Humanoid robots are learning by playing with children’s toys, internal sparks of the mind are connecting directly to the outside world, and AI models are being rewarded for avoiding imagined realities. And not to forget quantum computing, CRISPR, and advanced vaccines...
After Mind is the incredible next generation of us.
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