Twenty-two illuminating fiction stories from leading AI researcher Richard Ngo.
In Lentando, a ‘zero-knowledge’ consultant pieces together a secret from her deleted selves that could threaten the world order. In The Gentle Romance, a lonely man discovers a profound connection through his neural interface. In The Witness, a man wakes up in the future—again, and again, and again.
In these richly drawn worlds, lovers may merge minds, personalities can fragment across millions of copies, and AI powers dictate new political systems.
Ngo’s stories span the range from playful to terrifying to awe-inspiring. One by one, they invite us to consider how we might be transformed—willingly or otherwise—beyond recognition.
Design and illustrations by Baris Sehri.
