Michael Crichton’s Prey imagines an embodied, self-replicating AI
chaitjo · x · 2026-07-21
The author says Michael Crichton’s Prey is a page-turner that explores an agentic, self-replicating AI operating in the physical world.
They frame it as a fun but thought-provoking read that helped them get back into reading for leisure.
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