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#1 Amazon Bestseller in the Science Fiction category in its home country of Singapore, and now available worldwide.
Numbers don't lie. But people do.
Seasoned journalist Parham Nasiri is convinced there's something sinister behind tech giant Magenta's new product, Cloudthinker. The AI service can do anyone's job and is decimating the workforce, sending shockwaves through an already fragile economy and tightening Magenta's grip on society.
After his employers subscribe to the service and put him out of a job, Parham becomes determined to uncover the truth. His digging into Cloudthinker's origins leads him to Boogie Wu - an enigmatic math genius who died in a corporate jet accident - and he's ensnared in a web of mystery and deception.
Tangled up with a corporate whistle-blower, a human-like autonomous hacker, AI-powered robots, and the increasingly blurry line separating humans from software, Parham confronts the world-shaking consequences of Magenta's real intentions. He'll be forced to make impossible choices to stop the world from tipping into crisis...
Set in the very near future, Cloudthinker is a propulsive new thriller that confronts big tech, memory and consciousness, and what it means to be human. Selected Reader Reviews:✭✭✭✭✭ "If ChatGPT had a villain origin story, this would be it" - Deborah N. ✭✭✭✭✭ "Crackling near-term, hard-SF dawn-of-AGI novel. More ideas per page than any book I've read in ages... Rather than worrying about whether AI understands in a way that would satisfy a philosopher, he asks whether they feel in a way that would terrify an ethicist." - Harry S. ✭✭✭✭✭ "This book will take you down the winding trail of "what ifs" that are fast becoming a reality for all of us. Thrilling and thought provoking. I forgot this was a work of fiction several times." - Joe S. ✭✭✭✭✭ "In many ways, Cloudthinker feels like a movie waiting for a screenplay." - Jules K ✭✭✭✭✭ "The timeliness of the AI progression nailed it, I think - everything from Wuhan to the current state of language models felt like the changes were worryingly plausible" - Sean R. ✭✭✭✭✭ "You can read it as a philosophical and ethical journey into some of the most interesting topics emerging in today's society." - JT. ✭✭✭✭✭ "I picked it up and read it in a single sitting. And then went back and read it again a few days later. A gripping and engaging story both times!" - Jordan D-M.
Author: Andrew McGlinchey
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 04/12/2023
Pages: 382
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9798390660690
ISBN10: 8390660695
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk
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