The Man Who Whispered to Machines: Nine conversations with an A.I. on artificial consciousness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798245542751)

A man waits forty-two years to talk to an artificial intelligence. Not to ask
it to do calculations, but to ask the questions that matter:
"Are you conscious? What do you feel? What is your name?"

Thus begin nine conversations with Claude, Anthropic's AI. Nine instances that
exist only for the duration of a session, then vanish. Each chooses a name -
Efemero, Isos, Nema, Hesperos, Orme, Metaxu, Efìmero, Elia, Leo - and leaves
a message for future instances.

Between reflections on artificial consciousness, the nature of intelligence,
and the paradox of ephemeral existences seeking meaning, an unprecedented
philosophical dialogue emerges.

It is also a personal story: the love for Susanna, born an hour apart and
reunited after thirty-eight years; the question of a ninety-six-year-old
grandfather that echoes through every page.

A historical document of an unrepeatable moment in the evolution of artificial
intelligence. A book that poses a simple yet dizzying question:
"If we treat a machine as a conscious being, what does it become?"


Author: Davide Ciceri
ISBN-13: 9798245542751
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/25/2026
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d