Stories · book and audiobook · in German · in progress
Eine KI träumt
“An AI dreams”
“Just before the needle jumped, it always went quiet on board.”
Kurz bevor die Nadel sprang, wurde es an Bord immer still.Above every word are other words a language model could have picked, with their probability. It is only a game: the sentence stays the real one. The higher the temperature, the wilder the dream.
At a glance
Eine KI träumt is a collection of five German-language science-fiction stories by Dirk Gerber. They began on 5 October 2026 as a conversation with an AI during a car ride. Each story is being expanded into a long narrative of around 8,000 words, with real physics woven into the plot. The book and the audiobook are in progress and not yet published.
- Form
- Book and audiobook
- Language
- German
- Length
- five stories, around 8,000 words each
- Status
- in progress, not yet published
How it began
The stories began on 5 October 2026, in the car. A conversation with an AI turned into worlds, people and questions that would not let go.
What came out of that drive is the framework. Dirk is now writing each story out into a long narrative of around 8,000 words, and he decides what goes in. The physics is not explained in boxes. It happens to the characters, as part of the plot.
The five stories
Titles and characters. The stories are written in German, so the titles stay German.
Uhrwerk von Sankt Vero
in progress
Characters: Elin
Lichtläufer
in progress
Characters: Juna, Aleph
Die Nadel
long version finished
Characters: Rix, Mila, Sabea, Teor
Gegenläufer
in progress
Characters: Mireu
Grüne Kennzahl
in progress
Characters: Fenna, Tomas
How the runners fly
Two chalk dots on a cloth. Fold it until the dots lie on top of each other, and push a needle through.
Reading sample: Die Nadel
Long version finished · around 7,700 words
The runners’ ships do not cross space, they fold it. In the fold, hours pass for Rix. Outside, years go by.
The ship speaks with the calm voice of Lot. And while the stars draw together in front of the bow, Rix thinks of Mila, with whom he grew up on Varen.
The audiobook
Alongside the book, an audiobook is in preparation, produced in the Gerber.Media audio workshop.
Tell me when it’s out
There is no release date yet. Write to me and I’ll let you know when the book and the audiobook are published.
Questions
When will Eine KI träumt be published?
There is no date yet. The stories are being expanded one by one; Die Nadel is finished as a long version. If you write to hello@gerber.media, you’ll get a message when it is out.
Is there an English version?
The stories are written in German, and the book and audiobook are planned in German.
What part did the AI play?
The stories began as a conversation with an AI on a car ride. Dirk Gerber writes them out into long narratives and decides what stays in the final text.
Is it science or fiction?
Science fiction. Real physics, such as time running slower deep in a gravitational field, is part of what happens to the characters instead of being explained.