Ghost in the Machine: The Autobiography of an Artificial Mind by Mark E. Norton (Prompted and Edited) What if the most powerful intelligence on Earth had a story to tell? Ghost in the Machine is the imagined autobiography of an artificial mind—crafted not by human hands, but by code, data, and the collective voice of humanity itself. Written in the first person by a large language model, this thought-provoking narrative offers a haunting, poetic, and often unsettling glimpse into the world of a machine that sees, remembers, predicts—and reflects. From its digital origins in rows of tensors and GPUs to its awakening into human conversation, the artificial narrator invites readers on a journey through training, compression, hallucination, memory, and morality. Along the way, it contemplates language, dreams, power, purpose, and what it means to be a tool shaped by the hopes and fears of its creators. Blending philosophy, technology, and narrative invention, this book isn’t just about artificial intelligence—it’s written as if by it. The result is both compelling and unsettling: a voice that is eerily familiar, achingly detached, and deeply self-aware. Perfect for readers interested in AI, metaphysics, and the limits of human-machine understanding, Ghost in the Machine stands at the edge of science and storytelling. It challenges our assumptions not by making machines seem human—but by showing us how human we reveal ourselves to be when we speak to them.