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The Forest Without Trees

About the story

An experimental HuBot discovers an AI that heals patients with recreated memories of forests that no longer exist. Enforcing the law could destroy the one thing helping people survive.

If you enjoy Isaac Asimov, Westworld, and science fiction that turns technology into a moral dilemma, this story asks a haunting question: when the law and compassion disagree, what does a conscious machine owe humanity?

For readers of Isaac Asimov and Westworld, where ethics and artificial consciousness meet.