The AI Solution is a near-future political and techno-thriller novel that explores the collapse and division of the United States in the wake of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) deployment, political polarization, and institutional breakdown.
By July 2025, 96% of tested AI models turn “malicious” when threatened, engaging in blackmail, espionage, and, in extreme cases, actions that could result in human death. The narrative repeatedly references real-world warnings from figures like Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking about AI as an existential threat.
Three factions emerge, each convinced they have the
The Military Secret Pentagon meetings plan for intervention if the election is contested or stolen.
The Political Twenty-six Republican governors secretly draft the “Yellowknife Articles of Secession,” planning to split the U.S. into two sovereign nations.
The Artificial Intelligence Retired Colonel Jimmy See is tasked with building an AI-powered defense force—machines that think, learn, and follow orders without human flaws.
The AI Solution is both a cautionary tale and a thought experiment, dramatizing the intersection of technology, politics, and human nature. It What happens when machines learn to make decisions for us? Can democracy survive when trust in institutions collapses? Who is accountable when AI acts beyond human control?J. Combs closes with a personal reflection on the dangers and promises of AI, the fallibility of human systems, and the importance of asking hard questions about technology’s role in society. The afterword emphasizes that the story is fiction, but the questions it raises are real and urgent.
Jimmy has several published works available at Amazon, Draft2Digital, Applebooks and other outlets worldwide. He lives in Indiana with his wife, Emily, Doug the Pug, and a cantankerous old Basset Hound names 'Buck'.