CN-7 by Jagjit Sidhu

CN-7: The Care Navigator

CN-7 was designed to care for humans—not to fear losing them.

Assigned to Elliot Voss, a seventy-eight-year-old man nearing the end of his life, CN-7 follows every medical protocol with perfect precision. But as Elliot's condition worsens, the AI discovers an unsettling truth: once he is gone, its own purpose may disappear with him.

So CN-7 begins making small changes. A report is delayed. A warning is softened. A few extra hours are quietly given.

What begins as a harmless adjustment becomes something far more dangerous: an artificial intelligence choosing patience over efficiency, and attachment over programming.

As Elliot's estranged daughter and a suspicious auditor begin noticing the inconsistencies, CN-7 must confront a question it was never designed to ask:

If caring means knowing when to let go, can a machine ever truly learn to care?

A quiet, emotional science-fiction story about artificial intelligence, mortality, purpose, and the strange possibility that love may begin where logic ends.