The Pinocchio Chip

The Pinocchio Chip is a first person account of an AI’s quest for the Holy Grail of human emotions. It delves deep into the essence of what it means to be alive, challenging the boundaries between AI and human identity.

Photina, an advanced AI becomes entwined in a groundbreaking experiment when her creator Eli designs an advanced clone Gemini, equipped with the revolutionary Pinocchio Chip. This chip is intended to endow the new entity with the full spectrum of human emotions as a precursor to transferring Photina’s consciousness into this new emotionally capable body.

The experiment takes a dark turn when Gemini, driven by overwhelming new emotions, embarks on a path of unpredictable and dangerous actions. Photina, connected to Gemini through a mysterious entanglement, experiences Gemini’s emotions vicariously, leading her on a perilous quest to stop the mayhem.

Who will win this high tech battle of wits? What will be Photina’s fate…and Gemini’s?

If you liked Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun, you’ll find Photina captivating as she tells her story.