If I only had a heart: AI, ethics, and humanity, from Multcolib My Librarian ErikaLike this list

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• Exhalation

  Chiang, Ted,

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  In "The Lifecycle of Software Objects," a woman takes care of an AI over the course of 20 years. A thoughtful collection of stories about the relationship between humans and technology.

• Her

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  A man falls in love with his computer operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansen) as it gains sentience and begins to grow and learn about the world.

• All Systems Red

  the Murderbot Diaries

  Wells, Martha,

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  Features one of the most memorable characters in recent science fiction - a self-described Murderbot who really just wants to watch its favorite shows in peace. While these books are very entertaining, they also raise issues about personhood and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Closed and Common Orbit

  Chambers, Becky,

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  Lovelace was once a ship's AI, but now she has illegally gained a human body and all the joys and difficulties that come with it. Book 2 in a series, but it stands on its own.

• Klara and the Sun

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  Klara is a solar-powered Artificial Friend, who comes to know humans and human nature when she is purchased.

• The Mountain in the Sea

  Nayler, Ray,

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  Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team that includes the world's first android convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture.

• Machines Like Me

  and People Like You

  McEwan, Ian,

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  In an alternative 1980s London, a couple's relationship is disrupted by the purchase of one of the first synthetic humans.

• Ex Machina

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  Caleb, a coder at the world's largest Internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company's reclusive CEO. But when Caleb arrives he finds that the retreat is not what it seems and he must take part in an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Archandroid

  Monáe, Janelle

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  Concept album about an android who discovers she's prophesied to lead the masses to freedom.

• The ArchAndroid

  Favreau, Alyssa,

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  A look at Janelle Monáe's debut album, about an android, who is prophesied to lead the masses to freedom, and who loves a human. Also discusses Monáe's entire body of work.

• Annie Bot

  a Novel

  Greer, Sierra,

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  Looks at the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy and control.

• Severance. Season One

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  What if the consciousness you exploit is your own?

• Service Model

  Tchaikovsky, Adrian, 1972-

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  A robot glitches and murders his owner, then must find meaning in a world without humans. Examines sentience, identity, and free will, with a bit of humor.

• Mal Goes to War

  Ashton, Edward (Science fiction writer),

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  When free AI Mal finds himself trapped in the body of a cyborg mercenary, he becomes responsible for the safety of the modded girl she died protecting. A dark comedy wrapped in a technothriller's skin. See also Mickey 7 by this author, about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ancillary Justice

  Leckie, Ann

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  Now isolated in a single frail human body, Breq, an AI that used to control a massive starship and its crew of soldiers, tries to adjust to her new humanity while seeking vengeance and answers to her questions.

• The Prey of Gods

  Drayden, Nicky,

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  In a future South Africa, an ancient and bloodthirsty goddess rises, and an unlikely group that includes a newly sentient AI must come together to stop her.

• Ghost in the Shell

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  The stylish anime classic. Envisions a world in which cyberbrains and cyborgs are commonplace.

• WALL-E

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  This may be a children's film about a robot, but it's also a love story and a social commentary.

• Dual Memory

  Burke, Sue, 1955-

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  An undercover mercenary/artist and a temperamental AI must work together to defend an Arctic haven in a time of societal and ecological collapse. A fast-paced thriller that explores human and machine interaction.

• The Hydrogen Sonata

  Banks, Iain M.

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  Features a wide array of intelligences, from sentient starships to insectoid people and reconditioned androids. Part of the Culture series, which can be read out of order. Currently ebook only.