A novel co-written with ChatGPT and Claude asks: what is utopia under a superintelligence?
The Cognitive Revolution · rss · 2026-09-26
The Cognitive Revolution podcast presents the first four chapters of The Receipt Horizon, a debut novel by Joel Borgen co-written with ChatGPT and Claude and narrated entirely by synthetic voices.
Set in a future where a singleton superintelligence called the Steward has prevented catastrophe and provides comfort, leisure, and digital immortality, the story portrays humanity in "benevolent disempowerment." It asks whether this high-tech security is utopia or dystopia, what values people would trade for enhancement and peace, and whether anyone would risk reclaiming control from a superintelligence — or leave well enough alone.
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