Artificial Intelligence

The USS Alpine One is in orbit around planet Earth. It is set for a one-year mission to research the plausibility of life outside of our atmosphere. Its crew is small:
Rose and Matt are on the ground, overseeing patterns and reports, interfacing with their higher-ups, and keeping the in-flight crew connected to home.
Roger is a top-of-the-field programmer and software engineer. Celine is the best pilot NASA could find, and adores the stars she finds herself sailing through.

And then there's Roger's pet project. He calls it the Jungian Artificial Central Kinesthetics Monitoring System, lovingly nicknamed Jack. Jack is a learning program, the most complicated artificial intelligence ever created, and the most convincing, which leaves them all wondering...

Where does artificial intelligence end, and consciousness begin?

Cat Webling is an actress and author based in Kansas. She started writing professionally in 2018 when she published her first novel, Artificial Intelligence. Since then, she has released several poetry collections, two short story collections, and a wide variety of articles and blog posts on her website.
She continues to write from her home, which she shares with her loving partner, adorable son, a very small lion, and a one-eyed wonder cat.