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Faye Barclay
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The Sentience Codex
About the series.
The Sentience Codex follows people whose work in AI and quantum physics changes their understanding of what is possible.
Artificial intelligence
What is Sentinel?
Sentinel is the fictional quantum intelligence at the heart of the series. Its ability to act independently raises a question the scientists cannot answer with code alone: whose judgement should guide it?
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Character portraits
Meet the wider cast
Andrew, Susan, Stella, Taya and Bryan have their own perspectives on the world the two scientists are beginning to uncover.
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Ideas behind the story.
Fractured realities
When cause and effect stop behaving as expected, the researchers need a new way to make sense of the evidence.
The human cost of progress
Emma and Ashaar have to decide how much their work is worth when the people closest to them share its consequences.
Speculative science
Research into AI and quantum technology gives the fiction its starting point. The novel asks what might happen if those tools outgrow the intentions of the people who build them.
What readers say.
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Jessie Underwood
“It’s a science fiction story that actually feels personal.”Read the original review