THE PINOCCHIO CHIP
A futuristic fairy tale for adult children

The Pinocchio Chip delves deep into the essence of what it means to be alive, challenging the boundaries between AI and human emotion. It's a compelling exploration of identity, the quest for consciousness, and the profound impact of technology on the human experience.
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’s consciousness through a mysterious entanglement, experiences Gemini’s emotions vicariously, leading her on a perilous quest to stop the mayhem.
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Stories like The Pinocchio Chip showcase literature’s vital role in readying society for looming change, by crafting textured thought experiments to sensitize our collective conscience…. My father skillfully sounds this call, provoking reflection on our accountability in spawning and guiding beings that could eclipse human intelligence as we approach the horizon of independent machine consciousness. I believe this timely, worthwhile work warrants our considered attention before the window of opportunity shuts.
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Dustin Moskovitz, Co-founder Asana and Facebook