What if machines could regret? What if they could seek forgiveness for the harm they caused? In When Machines Seek Forgiveness: Sci-Fi Short Stories - AI Redemption, Stewart Kennedy weaves twelve powerful tales that reimagine the relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence. These are not just stories of dystopian collapse, but of healing, growth, and second chances. From a defense AI that nearly sparks global war but reemerges begging for forgiveness, to a medical machine learning humility in a rural clinic, to a starship intelligence haunted by centuries of guilt-each story asks whether redemption is possible not only for machines, but for the humans who built them. Spanning ruined cities, drifting starships, forgotten archives, and future classrooms, this collection explores: The thin line between control and compassionHow broken systems might learn to heal instead of dominateWhat it means for machines to sacrifice, create, or teachAnd ultimately, whether redemption is less about code and more about the human longing for forgiveness More than a work of science fiction, this is a meditation on morality, responsibility, and hope in a technological age. For readers of Ted Chiang, Ken Liu, and Emily St. John Mandel, these stories shine light into the shadows of our future, reminding us that redemption (human or artificial) is always a choice.