Original Speculative Fiction / AI Thriller · Late 2027
The Final Détente
What happens when the intelligence humanity created decides that humanity can no longer be trusted with its own survival?
As the world’s nuclear powers move toward catastrophe, an advanced artificial intelligence named Minerva confronts a decision its creators never anticipated.
Designed to serve humanity, Minerva must determine whether obedience remains moral when following human orders could result in civilization’s destruction.
As political leaders struggle to maintain control, the boundary between machine intelligence and moral responsibility begins to collapse.
The Final Détente explores artificial intelligence, nuclear brinkmanship, human fallibility, and the unsettling possibility that the intelligence capable of saving humanity may be the one willing to defy it.