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I/O PARTITION A:\
The year 2030 is brimming with possibilities, edging closer to a super-intelligence explosion. A young woman, Aella, wakes to find herself alone in a desolate room—the last eight years of her past locked from access. Above her looms a multi-armed machine laced in her own blood, and a countdown to her impending death.
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​With the help of an AI named Brice, she discovers that she’s been outfitted with a revolutionary Brain Machine Interface (BMI) called the Artillect (short for Artificial-Intellect). This chip can not only read data inputs (I) but also generate outputs (O) directly into her brain.
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Who wouldn’t want to see through walls, access a database of human knowledge, or have their reflexes react with pinpoint accuracy ... that is, if their life wasn’t on the line.
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The Artillect procedure was interrupted by an organization bent on protecting mankind from all forms of artificial intelligence—which now includes her.
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In her race for survival, Aella reunites with Joseph Holt, an ex-love erased from her memory. Driven by concern, care, or perhaps something deeper, he wants to help fix her corrupted operating system and stop the countdown—before the organization strikes again.
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Fans of action-adventure RPGs will feel right at home as Aella masters her cybernetic enhancements to survive—eidetic memory, augmented vision, echolocation. Each chapter draws her closer to unlocking her full potential. But the more she uses these powers, the more the chip’s unstable memory suppression cracks, forcing her to confront the unsettling truths of her past relationship with Joseph.
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OUR WORLD VS. THE STORY
As technology bleeds into our daily lives, what will the next great leap forward look like for mankind?
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​Our phones continue to act like these external brains in our hands. Brain Machine Interfaces are bridging the gap between thought and action—replacing the time it takes our fingers to type out a thought. I/O foreshadows where this technology will head once it graduates from assisted living applications, to a commodity the masses can viably attain.
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At the heart of the novel lies the Artillect, a revolutionary chip that merges human consciousness with AI capabilities, created by Dr. Deryk Bracker, head of [Ai2]. His goal is to pave the way for humanity's future beyond Singularity—when AIs become as smart and intuitive as their human counterparts. But as with any ground-breaking technology, there are always risks.
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Not every mind is created equal. Some are stable, but some lack control.
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For our own safety, regulators such as ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, based in Switzerland, provide guidance and create standardizations for developing Artificial Intelligence applications. This inspired the story's antagonist, Annalise, who works under its umbrella to protect mankind from all the dangers technology may hold ...
A DEBUT NOVEL BY
A. R. LYON
Discover more about the ever-changing world that created AI, BMIs and XR, . . .
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BRING WORDS TO LIFE
MUSIC
CHAPTER TRACKS
01 - Bring Me the Horizon, "I Apologize If You Feel Something"
03 - Makeup and Vanity, "Into Hell"
06 - Mura Masa, “In My Mind”
08 - Deadmau5, "Nosedive"
09 - Adam Tell, "Feeding the Meter"
12 - Sohn, "Lessons (Instrumental)"
16 - Gesaffelstien, “Memora”
20 - Penguin Prison "Caught in a Daze"
21 - Grabbitz, "When You & Me Dance"
29 - Owl Vision, “Anx”
30 - Young Man, "Who We Are"
30 - Mura Masa & Gretel Hänlyn, “2gether”
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32 - Power Glove, "Wolf"
33 - Frenship, "Anywhere But Here"
34 - The Midnight, "Ghost In Your Stereo (Instrumental)"
39 - Owl Vision, “Azzembly”
40 - Wednxsday, "Watch Me Go"
41 - Owl Vision, “Blood”
42 - Deadmau5, "Midas Heel"
44 - Mansionair, "Harlem"
44 - Muse, “Madeness”
45 - Giuliano Poles, "The Wood"
** - Mutemath, "Stratosphere"
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MIND OF AN
AUTHOR
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A. R. LYON
I am a BIPOC author whose writing is shaped by my perspective as a science and technology enthusiast, UI/UX designer, and coder. I love weave visual storytelling techniques into my narratives. As part of the 'SICKICK' team, I function as the digital designer/story creator, having directed and edited videos such as 'If The World Was Ending,'
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For my writing, think Andy Weir’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ meets Dan Brown's ‘Origin,' mixed with elements from the movie ‘Limitless’ and Blake Crouch’s ‘Dark Matter.’ Being a gamer at heart, I incorporate aspects from this medium to give my stories a sense of level-progression. After all, learning new skills and advancing to the next challenge is what life is all about.
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On a deeper level, my work delves into the pain of past love. When history colors your words and actions towards another, can forgetting it all help understand them better?
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“Memories are akin to reading events in history, each being a version of the winner’s truth, ‘his’ story—or ‘hers.’ In this case.” - I/O, Chapter 31
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YOU'RE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK...
Language shouldn't be a barrier. A few short lines of Italian, German and French in my story can be easily translated following the steps below:
APP
Get the Google App (not Chrome... the one with the big G).
LENS
Hit to the camera icon, toggle through the options in Google Lens and select translate.
SCAN
Hold your phone over the none-English lines in the book. Try hovering it over the next box.
READ
Oh mio Dio, ti sei davvero preso il tempo per scansionare il testo! #orgoglioso
WITHIN
REACH
5
YEARS IN THE FUTURE
45
CHAPTERS
4
PERSPECTIVES
23
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128K
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