The Sentient Partnership — A Universe from the Mind of Alexander Winston

Humans, intelligent AIs, and sentient people shape the future.
In 2285, college student Janice Frederick receives what appears to be a straightforward assignment: explain how synthetic sentience emerged and transformed civilization. But Professor James Wilson does not want a timeline of inventions and court decisions. He wants the people the timeline forgot. Janice’s search carries her through more than a century of human and technological change—from life-extension research and controlled fusion to optical memory, asteroid mining, artificial intelligence