Very interesting premise.
I have to ask, since I'm just now reading Orphan X, is there any magical technology? Because if there is, I'm out 🫤
I get very frustrated with magical technology, like the digestible GPS sand and the seemingly pointless text message-displaying contact lenses paired with an air keyboard*. In both cases there's a fundamental wireless problem – GPS is passive and a tracker needs a transmitter that can connect to a larger network like the cell phone network. That's not going to happen with sand-sized chips in a body, nor could they transmit several miles directly to Evan's lair. They probably couldn't even function as a GPS receiver either – it's just magic, and magic should be in the Fantasy aisle, not in thrillers.
That said, an AI disastrously *anticipating* its humans' needs or wants, or inferring them, is a great premise. So long as the mind-reading or whatever it is isn't just magic, fake technology. Though with sci-fi you can stipulate breakthroughs that you can't in present-day thrillers, as long as the physics isn't broken.
* RFID fingernails wouldn't enable an air keyboard. You'd need a Kinect-like sensor that also tracked hand position, and how would the typist know what keys they struck? It would also be difficult to use in public or tight spaces, it offers no advantage, increases likelihood of failure, etc.