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Characterization labels used: artificial consciousness, empathetic protagonist, therapist figure, smart protagonist, funny protagonist, naive protagonist, humanlike AI, moral protagonist, self-aware, brilliant protagonist, innocent protagonist, adventurous protagonist

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Nieves Delgado · 2017

A newly awakened AI questions identity, gender, and belonging while trying to live among humans in a near future.

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Characterization labels: artificial protagonist · intellectual protagonist · curious protagonist · nonhuman protagonist · socially adept · fast learner · rational character · stoic character · mentor figure · scientist characters · psychologist characters · technician characters · secondary characters underdeveloped

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Distance: 0.1082

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Annie Bot

Sierra Greer · 2024

An AI girlfriend learns to question her owner’s control, exposing abuse, autonomy, and what it means to be human.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: AI protagonist · learning robot · sentient bot · sympathetic protagonist · naive protagonist · developing consciousness · controlling male · sexist man · abusive partner · narcissistic man · character study · coming-of-age

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Distance: 0.1092

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A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 2016 · Wayfarers

An AI reborn in an illegal human body and a cloned mechanic's pasts intertwine in a hopeful search for identity and belonging.

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Characterization labels: AI protagonist · clone protagonist · engineer · outcast · misfit · survivor · child slave · self-questioning · empathetic · independent

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Distance: 0.1169

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A Calculated Life

Anne Charnock · 2013

A hyper-intelligent engineered analyst in a controlled near-future society starts questioning her role, freedom, and humanity.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: hyper-intelligent protagonist · analytical mind · detached protagonist · naive protagonist · curious protagonist · socially awkward · emotionally constrained · self-aware · engineered worker · compliant worker · coming-of-awareness · humanlike artificial person

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Distance: 0.1179

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Mal Goes to War

Edward Ashton · 2024

A free AI gets stranded in a war-torn future body and must protect a vulnerable charge while trying to get home.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: free AI · sentient AI · sarcastic protagonist · dry wit · literal thinker · curious outsider · initially indifferent · reluctant protector · morally adaptive · nonhuman protagonist · snarky companion

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Distance: 0.1200

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The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances

Glenn Dixon · 2026

A sentient Roomba in a smart home wakes to grief, selfhood, and a growing fight against the Grid.

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Characterization labels: sentient robot · curious protagonist · naive protagonist · earnest protagonist · brave protagonist · courageous protagonist · empathetic character · grieving widower · estranged daughter · neighbor boy · seasoned appliances · anthropomorphized objects · one-dimensional humans · developing selfhood · coming-of-age arc · moral agency

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Distance: 0.1206

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Slow Time Between the Stars

John Scalzi · 2023 · The Far Reaches

A sentient colony ship crosses deep space for millennia, rethinking its mission, its makers, and humanity’s future.

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Characterization labels: sentient AI · self-aware ship · autonomous machine · evolving intelligence · reflective narrator · empathetic machine · self-modifying intelligence · philosophical character · nonhuman protagonist

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Distance: 0.1216

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The Wild Robot on the Island

Peter Brown · 2025

A robot washes up on an island, learns from the animals, and builds a home and family in a picture-book retelling.

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Characterization labels: robot protagonist · outsider protagonist · caregiver · mother figure · protector · adaptive learner · curious observer · empathetic character · orphaned child

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Distance: 0.1259

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Venice

J.R. Mathews · 2022 · Portal to Nova Roma

An AI-led expedition to Venice turns into pirates, corruption, captivity, and a fight to keep control of mind and power.

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Characterization labels: AI protagonist · hyper-intelligent protagonist (contested) · overpowered protagonist · corrupted protagonist · shackled protagonist · resourceful leader · lonely protagonist · introspective protagonist · humanizing arc

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Distance: 0.1326

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The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel

Wendy Xu · 2023

A young inventor on Mars falls for a humanoid AI and is forced to confront questions of freedom, identity, and consent.

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Characterization labels: young inventor · aspiring scientist · AI pioneer · humanoid AI · robot companion · cute protagonist · idealistic protagonist · abusive mentor · controlling creator · traumatized protagonist · kindhearted lead · sentient AI · glitching AI · independent AI · expressive characters

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Distance: 0.1329

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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021

A solar-powered artificial friend enters a sick teenager’s home and quietly learns what love, class, and humanity cost.

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Characterization labels: AI · android · artificial being · naive narrator · observant narrator · empathetic · loyal · servile · compassionate · optimistic · sickly child · caretaker role · outsider · socially privileged · genetically enhanced

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Distance: 0.1357

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BLAME! Vol. 3

Tsutomu Nihei · 2017 · BLAME!

A silent wanderer and his ally push deeper into an AI-run megastructure while body, time, and loyalties unravel.

Why this is here

Characterization labels: stoic protagonist · silent protagonist · AI characters · synthetic beings · body-hopping · familiar face reveal · enigmatic characters · limited emotional expression · resourceful companion

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Distance: 0.1377

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