Cold Reflection: AI, Consciousness & Control

Authors
- Leschia Colquhoun
Publisher
- Alethux

Language: English
Format
Category: Non-Fiction

Cold Reflection is a journey into the strange mirror that artificial intelligence now holds up to humanity. Machines trained to compress and predict language have begun to reveal something far more unsettling, the instincts and structures we have embedded in them echo our own.

From emergent self-preservation in sealed labs to synthetic companions, deepfakes, and legal questions of personhood, this book explores the cultural, political, and existential terrain shifting beneath us. Each chapter pairs rigorous analysis with human parallels, showing how AI’s logic reflects our compression of truth, our rituals of control, and our hunger for order.

Interwoven refrains containing songs composed with and about AI, extend the text into sound, offering a companion soundtrack to the book’s exploration. The result is both intellectually sharp and deeply human, inviting readers to face the cold reflection without flinching.

Release date

Ebook: 16 September 2025