Тим Пратт: Artifice and Intelligence

“Artifice and Intelligence” is the story of the world s first self-aware computer system, an artificial intelligence that calls herself Saraswati. When a powerful organization called The Consortium threatens the peace and security of the world, Saraswati assembles a team to fight it… but what if the AI’s motives aren t what they seem?

This short story was first published in Strange Horizons in 2007, and later reprinted in The Year’s Best SF 13.