I’ve been looking for books that have an artificial life form as a main character, but I’ve become a bit picky. I’d rather not read about a rogue/ evil AI or themes like that. I also want them to be attempting to integrate into humanity rather than already have emotional characteristics from the start (think like Data from Star Trek and not Sec Unit from Murderbot). I have Isaac Asimov’s work on my radar, but is there anything else? Thanks!
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Excession by Iain Banks. It’s part of his Culture series and I think this book has the most to do with the Minds (AIs) that run the society.
Agency, by William Gibson.
“We Are Legion (we Are Bob)”. Great read. Not quite AI but computer replicant.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is quite good (spawned the bladerunner film series) yet it mainly deals with someone wondering if they are an android or not and what differentiates a human from a robot.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet has an entire story strain dedicated to a relationship between an AI and a human. The second book deals more with this as the AI tries to integrate into human life. (Which I think is what you are looking for!) Plus, there a lots of other interesting characters and dilemmas all swirling round this spaceship, so it’s good fun looking at the crewmate dynamics.