This was a nice, short "novella" and was apparently a Hugo Award nominee. Ted Chiang imagines a world in the near future where virtual characters begin to develop rudimentary forms of intelligence, and can learn and develop--much like a human child. With computers continuing to improve at a rapid pace, and artificial intelligence software improving, the world as he describes it could happen!
Here is a link I found where you can read the short book online:
http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_lifecycle_of_software_objects_by_ted_chiang
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