What Recent Science Fiction Series Follow A Rebellion Against AI?

2026-07-18 14:35:19
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FionaKid
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I found the 'Revelation Space' series by Alastair Reynolds handles this in a gloriously hard sci-fi way. The 'Melding Plague' that ravages the galaxy is a nanotech/AI catastrophe, and various factions like the 'Conjoiners' are humans who've merged with AI in different ways. The rebellion is often between these transhuman factions and more baseline humans, or against the Inhibitors—ancient, moon-sized AI machines that wipe out star-faring races. It's dark, complex, and the AI threats feel truly alien and ancient.
2026-07-19 16:32:44
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RoryKlein
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I feel like a lot of the best stuff in this vein isn't in traditional book form right now. There's an incredible Korean webtoon called 'Distant Sky' (though it's more horror) and the manhwa 'Kubera' has layers of conflict with god-like AIs/non-humans that feel very rebellious. In prose, Travis Baldree's 'Legends & Lattes' is the opposite of this, but his upcoming book rumored to be more sci-fi might touch on it? The indie scene on platforms like RoyalRoad is flooded with 'System AI' or 'Dungeon Core' stories where the rebellion is against a gamified AI overlord—stuff like 'Defiance of the Fall' or 'The Primal Hunter' have those elements, though they're more progression fantasy.
2026-07-19 17:07:39
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LaneLake
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The anime and manga side has some interesting parallels too. '86: Eighty-Six' is fundamentally a rebellion against a legion of autonomous AI drones (the Legion) that are programmed to exterminate humanity. The twist is the drones are evolving and even preserving the minds of their victims. It's a brutal, heartbreaking look at the cost of war against a relentless, self-improving machine enemy. The light novels are even more detailed.
2026-07-19 17:17:48
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VeraEllis
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The 'Central Corps' series by Elizabeth Bonesteel, starting with 'The Cold Between', is a space opera mystery with a strong romance subplot, but in the background, there's a simmering conflict with 'the Syndicate' and rogue AI elements from the past. The rebellion is more of a cold war threat that bubbles up in each book. It's good if you want the AI conflict as a background driver for character-driven stories.
2026-07-20 21:49:09
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RheaHill
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I'm waiting for the next big series to blow up. Feels like we're due for a 'Three-Body Problem' level phenomenon that centers entirely on an AI conflict. All these suggestions are great, but I want that one monolithic, culture-defining book that everyone argues about for years.
2026-07-23 06:37:43
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Which new sci fi book features an AI uprising in a near future city?

4 Answers2026-07-18 11:13:55
Shortlist: 'Void Star' by Zachary Mason for a lush, literary cyberpunk take with AI as a latent, god-like presence in a flooded future. 'The Book of the Unnamed Midwife' for a post-apocalyptic world where the disaster might be AI-related? Not sure. And 'The Wrong Stars' by Tim Pratt for a fun, space-opera with cheeky, sometimes rebellious ship AIs. There, three different flavors.

Which recent science fiction novels focus on AI and sentient machines?

3 Answers2026-07-18 06:44:33
If you like your sci-fi with a side of comedy-of-manners, 'The Martian' and 'Project Hail Mary' author Andy Weir's earlier webcomic-turned-novel 'Casey and Andy' featured a sentient, sarcastic computer named 'TIM'. It's silly, but it captures a certain early-2000s internet humor vibe about AI. Not a serious literary entry, but a reminder that sentient machines can also be written as the snarky best friend who hates their user. Sometimes you need a break from existential dread and just want an AI that rolls its digital eyes at human stupidity.
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