Wetware by Rudy Rucker

A fast, witty near-future satire in which humans, intelligent machines, and newly engineered biological/biomechanical beings collide as inventive technologists try to splice brains and circuitry. The uneasy peace between people and robots is upended when schemes to create hybrid “wetware” minds unleash political chaos, moral dilemmas, and unpredictable evolutionary shifts, forcing characters to confront questions of consciousness, identity, and who gets to be called alive. The novel mixes slapstick energy, speculative biology, and philosophical provocation in a romp about technology’s disruptive effects on society.