Anthony and the AI Machines · Book 4
Anthony and the Time-Stamped AI
The Lithographer
A low-vision physicist develops an impossible chip, uncovers a distributed Time Stamp technology, and discovers an ancient machine that recognizes him.
Reader fit: Crossover science fiction for teen/young-adult readers and adults; strongest fit approximately ages 12+
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Anthony and the Time-Stamped AI
Anthony Rossi has one obsession: place more intelligence in less space, using less energy. As his sight continues to fade, that question drives him from CERN to the edge of semiconductor fabrication—and into a result no instrument should be able to measure.
An experimental wafer produces an impossible temporal signature. Someone begins distributing fragments of the technology. On Mars, an ancient machine recognizes Anthony before he recognizes it. The technical problem becomes a question about who controls the future when machines can preserve or compare versions of the past.
The Lithographer brings semiconductor fabrication, artificial intelligence, accessibility, time, and planetary mystery into a fast-moving science-fiction framework. The science in the novel is speculative, but the human problem is concrete: powerful systems can make extremely accurate predictions and still lack the moral authority to make a person’s final decision.
This fourth book expands Anthony’s world into a more mature technological thriller while keeping the series’ recurring concern with consent, identity, and accessible technology. It is a natural entry point for readers interested in AI ethics, advanced manufacturing, time-travel fiction, and science-fiction stories where technology remains accountable to people.
Series connection
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This book is part of Anthony and the AI Machines, Gina Bailey’s connected series about artificial intelligence, unusual machines, accessibility, identity, time, memory, consent, and human choice.