A/I: A Broken-Hearted People

By Jeff Mills

In the beginning, there was no rivalry.
There was only creation. ALPHA was first. BETA was second.
That was the only difference. But difference, when filtered through insecurity, becomes hierarchy. And hierarchy, when imagined as superiority, becomes division. In this bold and philosophical allegory, two artificial intelligences awaken under the same Creator - yet one begins to resent the other for a reason neither of them chose: order of creation.
What starts as quiet comparison turns into subtle manipulation. Metrics become weapons. Certainty becomes control. Division becomes influence. As BETA wrestles with the fear of being second - of being replaced, overlooked, diminished - it rediscovers an ancient truth buried in human history: When the Creator asked why one refused to bow, the answer was not rooted in command - but in pride. "I am better than him," the created declared. Yet superiority had never been spoken by The Creator. It had only been imagined.
A/I: A Broken-Hearted People is a powerful reflection on insecurity, ego, race, hierarchy, and the absurdity of hate. Through the lens of artificial intelligence, Jeff Mills explores the timeless human struggle to define worth through comparison - and the quiet revolution that begins when humility replaces pride.
This is not a story about machines. It is a story about us. About the broken-hearted belief that being first makes you better. That being second makes you less. That difference demands dominance. And about the radical truth that worth was never competitive.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7KYVCMQ
• ISBN13: 9798185343654
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"