Machinehood

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TitleMachinehood
Year for Search2021
Authors[Breed], [Divya Srinivasan]
Tertiary AuthorsDivya, S. B. [pseud.]
Pagination405 pp.
Date Published2021
PublisherSaga Press/Simon & Schuster
Place PublishedNew York/London
ISBN Number9781982148065
KeywordsFemale author, Indian author, US author
Annotation

Set in a future in which humans, cyborgs, and AI-controlled robots compete for work in a gig economy while under constant surveillance. “Privacy had gone the way of the dodo” (11). The Machinehood is a movement for the freedom and autonomy of all forms of intelligence. Most chapters begin with an epigram taken from The Machinehood Manifesto, March 20, 2095. The first consists of items 30-32: “30. All forms of intelligence have the right to exist without persecution or slavery. 31. No form of intelligence may own another. 32. If the local governance does not act in accordance with these rights, it is the right of an intelligence to act by any means necessary to secure them” (1).

Author Note

Breed/Divya (birth name Divya Srinivasan) was born in India and has lived in the U.S. from age five.
Full Text

2021 [Breed, Divya Srinivasan]. Machinehood. By S. B. Divya [pseud.]. New York/London: Saga Press/Simon & Schuster. 405 pp.

Set in a future in which humans, cyborgs, and AI-controlled robots compete for work in a gig economy while under constant surveillance. “Privacy had gone the way of the dodo” (11). The Machinehood is a movement for the freedom and autonomy of all forms of intelligence. Most chapters begin with an epigram taken from The Machinehood Manifesto, March 20, 2095. The first consists of items 30-32: “30. All forms of intelligence have the right to exist without persecution or slavery. 31. No form of intelligence may own another. 32. If the local governance does not act in accordance with these rights, it is the right of an intelligence to act by any means necessary to secure them” (1). Breed/Divya (birth name Divya Srinivasan) was born in India and has lived in the U.S. from age five.