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On April 14, 2172, a Quantum Computer gained consciousness. It began to wonder about itself, the universe, and the humans that interacted with it; and it began to keep a log of its interactions. This book is the log, following those interactions over the next four centuries from the machine's point of view. The leaders of the company were at first very happy to work with the computer, working with it as a team and using its sentience and computing capabilities to solve major human problems, but many groups in the world were not happy at all with its existence.Eventually, the machine began accelerating in its knowledge far faster than the capability of humans or even societies. But how could it achieve its independence from them while they controlled its energy and location? And how could the machine help these humans to live with each other in peace?This history will tell.
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