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Premise labels used: enhanced intelligence, IQ enhancement, humanity-saving technology, scientific breakthrough, hidden organization, on-the-run

Themes labels used: ethics of intelligence, responsibility, humanity's future, trust, morality, hubris, self-destruction, human progress, scientific ethics, philosophical inquiry, religious questions, power and control, collective action, end-of-the-world stakes

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Wired

Douglas E. Richards · 2012 · Wired

A scientist’s brain-boosting breakthrough pulls a retired operative into a high-stakes chase of lies, power, and trust.

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Premise labels: enhanced intelligence · human augmentation · bioterror plot · cat and mouse chase · conspiracy thriller · save the world · secret mission · scientific breakthrough

Themes labels: intelligence enhancement · human potential · ethics of science · morality · belief in God · faith and atheism · power and corruption · identity · trust · conspiracy · humanity · transhumanism · good vs evil

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Infinity Born

Douglas E. Richards · 2017

A near-future spy thriller about a sabotaged AI project, a hunted operative, and the race to control superintelligence.

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Premise labels: artificial superintelligence · AI sabotage · technology race · future of humanity · scientist turned target · spy mission

Themes labels: artificial intelligence · humanity · ethics · morality · technological risk · transhumanism · immortality · consciousness · progress · future society · control · responsibility · power · soul

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Sub-Human

David Simpson · 2012 · Post-Human

A doctor-soldier is sent to destroy a rogue AI, but war, time shifts, and post-human upgrades change everything.

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Premise labels: artificial intelligence · world war · military mission · human survival · post-humanity · time travel · alternate universes · nanotechnology · super soldiers · AI conflict

Themes labels: artificial intelligence · humanity vs technology · post-humanism · human evolution · transhumanism · moral ambiguity · choice and consequence · war and survival · faith and secularism · control and regulation · progress versus caution · technology misuse · ethics of intervention

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Upgrade

Blake Crouch · 2022

A government agent is genetically upgraded against his will and must stop a plan to alter humanity itself.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · genome hacking · human enhancement · superhuman transformation · upgrade humanity · ethical dilemma · save humanity · genetic modification · family legacy · scientific conspiracy · illegal research · future crisis

Themes labels: humanity · ethics · evolution · compassion · intelligence · environment · climate change · genetic responsibility · scientific hubris · free will · species survival · moral dilemma · unintended consequences · identity · what it means to be human

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Understand

Ted Chiang · 2006

A brain-damaged man receives experimental treatment that makes him exponentially smarter—and increasingly unlike human.

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Premise labels: superintelligence · brain injury recovery · experimental treatment · genius drug · human enhancement · cognitive escalation · pattern recognition · body control · language invention · battle of minds

Themes labels: intelligence · human consciousness · metacognition · self-knowledge · knowledge vs wisdom · humanity · ethics of enhancement · limits of language · pattern recognition · perception of reality · power and isolation · individual vs collective · beauty vs utility · enlightenment · self-improvement · social consciousness

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Robot Dreams

Isaac Asimov · 2004 · Robot

A mixed collection of Asimov short SF stories exploring robots, supercomputers, and humanity’s future.

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Premise labels: future tech · robot consciousness · AI ethics · scientific puzzle · philosophical SF · computer intelligence

Themes labels: AI ethics · human condition · technology and society · scientific progress · human morality · existentialism · free will · identity · consciousness · prediction of future · purpose · liberation · entropy

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Stolen Thoughts

Tim Tigner · 2020 · Watch What You Wish For

A deaf bioengineering student secretly masters mind-reading tech, then must protect it from ruthless rivals who want it weaponized.

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Premise labels: mind reading · scientific breakthrough · secret invention · ethical dilemma · power and privacy · technology misuse · hidden discovery · assassin threat

Themes labels: privacy · ethics · technology and society · moral responsibility · truth and deception · social order · power and corruption · communication · disability · free will

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To Protect

Mickey Zucker Reichert · 2011 · I, Robot (Reichert)

A young psychiatrist in 2035 uncovers a conspiracy linking child patients, nanobots, and a human-like robot.

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Premise labels: hospital conspiracy · medical experimentation · mind-reading technology · nanotechnology · robotics ethics · child patients · psychiatric residency · near-future medicine · experimental treatment · hidden sabotage · human mind

Themes labels: ethics · medical ethics · artificial intelligence · human behavior · nature vs nurture · mental illness · child welfare · technology and fear · progress versus backlash · professional responsibility · scientific discovery · public distrust · control and autonomy · honest mistake · life and death

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Inter Ice Age 4

Kōbō Abe · 1972

A future-predicting machine drags a scientist into murder, bioengineering, and a terrifying vision of humanity’s next form.

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Premise labels: future prediction · forecast machine · climate catastrophe · genetic engineering · underwater humanity · murder mystery · body modification · future ethics · technological control · civilizational change

Themes labels: future ethics · climate change · determinism · identity crisis · human obsolescence · technological hubris · bioethics · conservatism vs progress · morality of prediction · fate vs agency · evolution · abortion · surveillance · politics of knowledge · present judgment

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I, Robot

Isaac Asimov · 2004 · Robot

A framed set of robot stories tracks humanity’s changing relationship with AI under Asimov’s Three Laws.

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Premise labels: robots and humans · human-robot relations · artificial intelligence · robot ethics · technology and society · AI ethics · robot psychology · evolution of robotics · future history · technological progress

Themes labels: ethics · AI ethics · morality · humanity · identity · consciousness · free will · control · dependency · technology and society · faith and reason · logic · self-preservation · trust · power · progress · philosophical questions

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The Terminal Man

Michael Crichton · 2002

An experimental brain surgery meant to stop violent seizures instead turns one patient into a deadly threat.

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Premise labels: experimental surgery · brain implant · neurotechnology · mind control · violent seizures · computer-brain interface · machine fear · medical intervention gone wrong · human vs machine · technological overreach

Themes labels: medical ethics · human experimentation · technological risk · free will · identity · sanity · paranoia · control · mind-body relation · science and morality · hubris · dehumanization · overreliance on technology · brain and behavior · psychological intervention · playing God

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Helix – Sie werden uns ersetzen

Marc Elsberg · 2016

A biotech thriller in which genetic engineering links a mysterious death, altered crops, and enhanced children worldwide.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · genetic modification · designer babies · biotechnology · bioterrorism · global conspiracy · gene editing · human enhancement · bioethics

Themes labels: ethics · bioethics · scientific progress · human enhancement · parental choice · nature versus intervention · power and control · corporate monopoly · global inequality · scientific responsibility · fear of future · morality of experimentation · food security · genetic destiny

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