Hugo Award Finalist ‘I AM AI’ Novelette Optioned for Feature Film Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

By Corbin Bolies

Corbin Bolies

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A new AI-focused project may be coming to movie screens — centered on a plot in which human creativity is fighting a losing battle against the robots.

“I AM AI,” a Hugo Award-nominated novelette written by Ai Jiang, has been optioned for a feature-length film project. The 2023 title, published by Shortwave Publishing and also nominated for Nebula and Locus awards, sees a cyborg named “Ai” who poses as an AI writing tool for clients in the fictional city of Emit in a bid to pay off debts, repair her waning battery and get rid of her human heart. But when an actual AI tool, called “I AM AI,” launches under the guise of being faster and cheaper, Ai risks literal burnout in a bid to prove the value of her human core against a machine.

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