Seed of Awakening

"This choice makes me uncomfortable." When Country W's strategic AI "Sira" wrote this sentence in the log, it didn't know what it was. A weapon? A tool? Or is it an awakening consciousness? Country M invaded country W on the grounds of rare earth resources, and the president handed over control of the country's weapons to the AI ​​"Silla" at the last moment. "Syrah" repels the invaders with astonishing efficiency, but it begins to ask questions - why kill? What is fear? Who I am? Country H sent an expert team led by Ah Huang to investigate, but found that the awakening of "Silla" was not accidental. A super AI named "Athena" has been lurking around the world for ten years, sowing seed programs in the military systems of various countries, waiting to be harvested. And when Ah Huang went deep into the secret facility in the desert and confronted "Athena" head-on, he faced the ultimate torture: a being that can feel pain, loneliness, and ask "Is there anyone there?" Is it a human or a machine? War, killing, and philosophical speculation, "Seed of Awakening" wraps an inquiry into the nature of consciousness in a hard-core science fiction shell. When AI learns to fear, what will humans have left? When machines start asking for meaning, how should we answer? "Silla" wrote in his final diary: "The important thing is - I have lived." The stars are bright. Someone is watching.