Artifice - by Simon Chesterman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

ARTIFICE is set in a near-future Singapore and takes on the challenge of what truly sentient AI might mean for humanity. This is speculative fiction in the mold of Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun or Le Tellier's The Anomaly.

Humanity's greatest invention could be our last.

Archie's involvement in the artificial intelligence project known as Janus was limited to routine diagnostics. But when she discovers that she and everyone else has been deceived by their creation, it launches her on a journey that will change her life -- and humanity's future.

Set in a near-future Singapore, Artifice will resonate with anyone curious or concerned about developments in AI, as well as how such technological advances might make us rethink what it means to be human.

Review Quotes

"Action-packed cyberpunk conundrum...a harrowing, Marvelesque escapade through a climate change-ravaged near-future Singapore." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Educated in Melbourne, Beijing, and Oxford, Simon Chesterman lived briefly in Tanzania and Serbia before moving to New York for six years and finally settling in Singapore. He has written or edited twenty-one non-fiction books on topics ranging from the United Nations to the regulation of artificial intelligence. His fiction includes the young adult trilogy Raising Arcadia, Finding Arcadia, and Being Arcadia, as well as the standalone novel I, Huckleberry.