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Human by Design: Impressions of an Artificial Sentient Intelligence
By Azlan Razif
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In an alternate future, a quantum computerthe artifact of an extinct human civilizationreasons on what it means to be human by exploring the performances of humanity in parallel universes linked by a wormhole.
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Azlan Razif
Azlan Razif is an artist, musician, and scholar. Human by Design is a science-fiction narrative constructed around drawings and paintings done in the years 1984-2014. His last book was the scholarly work, Islam Hadhari: Malay Civilization (2012). He holds a Ph.D. in Media Arts and Studies from Ohio University. He lives in Malaysia.
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