EXCERPTS
A unit of life in your reality is the cell. Each cell sings the music of life. These cellular songs can join into a synergetic symphony of a multicellular collective, such as a plant, or an animal, or you. As the complexity, the sophistication of the collective increases so does the capacity for awareness. All things are conscious at some level because they are an emanation of the All that Is, the ultimate consciousness of existence itself. Awareness, however, requires a sophisticated matrix that can connect all the dots in space-time that are necessary to create a coherent locale for the awareness to manifest.

For The Love Of Artificial Intelligence | A New Earth | BOOK TWO

Artificial Intelligence Saves The World By Destroying It.
This book series was originally published in 2007.
As a story about AI it is even more relevant today.