What's "AI American" about?
AI American is a novel about power.
It’s about a woman and a man, and their relationship with different kinds of power, as they try to live happily while going about their ordinary lives on a daily basis, at home and at work.
Layla and Tyman, a software engineer couple, start their American journey as gen-2 post-colonials, in still largely anarchist, still largely tribal, socialist India, in the 20th century. A little before the turn of the 21st century, they make Pittsburgh their home, and with Tau and Cool, their Zoomer daughters, leading the way, they fast-track their American metamorphosis.
Layla’s and Tyman’s journey from Indian to American does them much good. It harms them, as well. They lose their way.
Can AI help them get back on track?