Loneliness and Company

Li, a brilliant student, workaholic and favorite of the teachers, is promised a successful career at one of the IT giants and exciting, important projects for humanity. But things turn out differently: Li finds herself in a backwater, decrepit New York, at a company that nobody knows. However, the company indeed has an important mission: at the request of the Government, it is addressing the problem of loneliness. Li and her colleagues must teach artificial intelligence to be a friend to humans.

People don't even know the word "loneliness" — it's too complex an emotion, and many years ago it was removed from all dictionaries in the hope that the problem would disappear along with the word. However, loneliness is sweeping the world, with cases multiplying every day, and Li's work depends on people's lives. The AI must receive and process as much data as possible, and to do that, Li must feel and experience as much as possible and as quickly as possible. To what limits can a person go, who is used to achieving success against all odds, if the task is simply to live life to the fullest?

"Loneliness and Company" is the debut of Charlie Dyroff, already included in numerous lists of the most anticipated books before its publication. This is a story about loneliness that we are not aware of. This is a story about friendship that we do not understand. This is a story about a personal journey that cannot be predicted.