character

Rustem

A gifted hacker coerced into mapping an artificial mind whose architecture he experiences as a place rather than a block of code.

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Visual primer · role and meaning

Story function

Coerced neural-network hacker

From Part 1 · Qualia

Rustem

character

Ideas illuminated

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Role in the story

The Mountain in the Sea

Encountered by Part 1 · Qualia

Rustem is hired and threatened into navigating an artificial mind, then must decide whether technical access gives him the right to change it.

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