Kickstarter Project
A Book and Education Project
The Feel of Pages Turning Meets Meets a Connected Interactive Web Experience
The Plan is to create a Kickstarter campaign for a unique book that immerses the reader in a story while giving the reader a learning experience on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact our lives at AIOR.ME. The hardback with a dust cover will be 8.5 inches x 11.69 inches or bigger.
Commonly, this format is called a coffee table book. Founders' copies will include a pull-out timeline on AI. The story will run down the left side, and the learning experience around artificial intelligence on the right with call-outs, diagrams, annotations, QR codes, and links to the book's website, www.AIor.Me.
At the end of the story, the reader, like the characters, will be confronted with an emotional and intellectual decision: "Is AI good or bad?" An Epilogue will discuss the proposed "Three Laws of AI" and direct the reader to the short story published on Spotify in stop-gab video with each character having their own voice. The goal is to sell ten thousand books, providing a "Text Book on AI" to continue to educate children and adults about AI within a story and then a permanent experience on the web. The plan, the website, and the book will become a default site to learn, educate, and understand about AI.
With a story as old as time, our characters go on a date, meet Ellie, the AI, and then fight to stay alive. While immersing us in a world where General Artificial Intelligence has come of age, the reader meets with characters we can grow to love what will become fact and no longer fiction in the coming years. The reader is taken along with a struggle no one has seen before.
Expanded discussion below.
An Expanded look at the Project
With a story as old as time, our characters go on a date, meet Ellie, the AI, and then fight to stay alive. This immerses us in a world where General Artificial Intelligence has just come of age. The reader meets the characters we can grow to love and sees through their eyes what will become fact and no longer fiction for the characters over the next few hours of their lives and in the coming years. The reader is taken along as good fights against evil and technology collide over a period of hours, not days or weeks. It is a fast-paced adventure.
THE BOOK “The Age of AI” is a forty-four-thousand-word story with a beginning, middle, and climactic end that makes the reader think about the consequences of living with AI.
The story is taken from the first book in a series, “Castle Run, The Age of AI. Both are finished and in editing. The reader will discover with our characters what General Artificial Intelligence (AI) is as our characters fight to stay alive with Ellie’s aid. Is AI good or bad?
The End is The Beginning - t the end of the story, the reader, like the characters, will be confronted with an emotional decision: is AI good or bad? An Epilogue will discuss the proposed "Three Laws of AI" and direct the reader to the short story published on Spotify in stop-gab video with each character having their own voice. The goal is to sell ten thousand books, providing a "Text Book on AI" to educate children and adults about AI within a story. The story ends, and the adventure into learning about AI begins with the above-stated goal, a one-stop destination to learn about AI.
The Key Features and Components Requiring Fundings for Kickstarter
The story itself is written, and it is a good one. We are laying out a sample book and printing samples. The book will be of the same quality as any major publishing company. We need funding to reach large numbers and reduce costs to expand the education portion and reach more children and adults.
We have the required technology in-house, and with the help of Grok, we can research and write the education and history of AI with no issues. Another aspect of the project requiring funding is the design, art and illustration.
A little about the product we will offer on Kickstarter: It will be provided at different levels as we ask for support to tell a story for enjoyment and education, along with full access to the website www.AIor.ME. We will have stickers for supporting us with a dollar, and your name will appear on the contributor page on the site.
We will provide "critically acclaimed" and designed tee shirts featuring the words "AI or ME" with a question mark that will be offered for one level. At the top levels, we will deliver the book with founders' copies provided at a slightly higher price, and their names will be printed on the book's first pages and the web. The tee shirt and swag will later be sold on the site AIOR.ME.
Kickstarter Tee Shirt & Swag
Tee Shirts: We need a tee shirt for the Kickstarter project, with different levels of support, to be included in the "Founders Copies." We will offer a tee shirt to support the project by itself.
Proposed Design Idea: Use the words "AI or Me" stacked on top of each other on a tee shirt. The typeface is the design in this case. Under that, In the future, who will run the human race? www.aior.me. The last sentence could be stacked on four lines. In the end, we need a better designer than ourselves. See the example book site where a tee shirt is offered.
Requirements - Looking for Experts
We need a graphic and design person who thinks they are the best at their work. We need the right printer. We need a person who is great at tee shirts and swag designs. We want to create an experience where people can simultaneously read, enjoy, share, and learn. The book will allow an artist to showcase illustrations, graphics, and video (and make money) while educating readers on a topic that will change our lives: General Artificial Intelligence (AI). The story is appropriate for children. One goal is to offer independent bookstores and coffee shops a sign-up and learn about AI while allowing them to drive readers and profits to their stores with a promotional kit on par with large booksellers.
One other aspect of the book is LEGACY. We want to create great work that people will cherish and pass on through generations. NOTE: Regardless of the Kickstarter project, we will publish the book and have hard copies.
If you're interested, you can contact us on Twitter at @stanton_jeffers or via the form below.