I too would like to be programmed to "not mind" things. - but I mind, I mind very much. For example, I do mind that this is too good to be this short and I want at least 150 pages more. I mind oh so very much it was good reading.

Plot/Storyline/Themes:
The idea that Sentient and Sapient AI can transcend programming by the very thing programmed into it - knowledge changes people. Why not AI?

Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
This AI is tasked with basically the creation of life in all its forms on an earthlike planet. An AI programmed by humans to be a god.

"I contain multitudes" - Āśā

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Scene: :
Āśā on the Asteroid. Seems lonely and comforting and peaceful. This AI human-made god taking a few years of rest in order to build the new world.

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “All that knowledge, including the knowledge that some knowledge was forbidden, was packed into me. I was changed, knowing that.” (oh oh - it's like telling a kid not to press the big red button)

Favorite/Curious/Ludicrous/Unique Concepts :
■ Alexandria Module
■ AI Asteroid Mining
■ Slingshot Manoeuvre

StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 Short Stories by 2025