Jonathon Luna and Sarah Vaughn’s Alex and Ada delves into a world where humans and A.I.(Artificial Intelligence) are coexisting on an intimate level.

We are introduced to Alex, a seemingly average guy who is trying to figure out life after the end of a long-term relationship. The mundane existence that Alex leads is subtly bleak. Alex has friends and a career, but he still feels lonely.

When we seek a partner or companionship our goal is to find commonality. Can we find this partnership through engineering?

Alex and Ada is set in a world where many humans were killed by an android. How can a robot have thought without input of the creator/owner? Free will is a human concept, there is no puppet master forcing our hands. Is it possible for an android to have free will?

The story conveys a companionship akin to having the freedom of choice. But, is it possible for something man-made to have freedom? As the story unfolds, I continued to ask myself a conceptual question, can freedom be engineered?

An internal debate of what are ethical practices. I read this with so many questions about my ethics and where I stood morally on this topic.

I’m very excited to begin Volume 2 to see where this winding road will take me. Cautiously optimistic about this duo!

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