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Three Laws Lethal
- Author
- David Walton
- Narrator
- Shawn Compton
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 11 June 2019
- Run Time
- 11 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A science fiction thriller in which fleets of self-driving cars make life-and-death choices
In a near-future New York City, where self-driving cars roam the city streets, rival entrepreneurs Brandon and Tyler compete to produce the smartest AIs, training them in a virtual game world to anticipate traffic and potential customers better than the competition. As the two rivals struggle to dominate the market, their personal enmity pushes them to attack each other’s reputations, hack each other’s cars, and develop ever more sophisticated algorithms to keep their customers safe. The result? Intelligent computers that excel at using all available data to determine which humans should live, and which should die.
Only Naomi, inventor of the virtual world in which the AIs train, recognizes that they are developing goals of their own—goals for which they are willing to kill. But will she stop them, or will she help her creations achieve their full potential?
Critics Review
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“An expanding universe of delight.”
Washington Post, praise for the author
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“Walton has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life.”
Wall Street Journal, praise for the author
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“Impressive and often brilliant.”
Kirkus Reviews, praise for the author
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“Walton’s Three Laws Lethal gives the reader exciting insights into the threats and the promises that are coming our way.”
Vernor Vinge, five-time Hugo Award winner
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“Three Laws Lethal jumps off Asimov, Heinlein, and the best of Robert J. Sawyer, in a brilliant, breathtaking novel we the Uber generation have been awaiting. Flat-out superb.”
Paul Levinson, author of The Plot to Save Socrates
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Details
- Author
- David Walton
- Narrator
- Shawn Compton
- Duration
- 11 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 June 2019
- ISBN
- 9781982538248
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Science fiction, Science fiction, Adventure fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
A science fiction thriller in which fleets of self-driving cars make life-and-death choicesIn a near-future New York City, where self-driving cars roam the city streets, rival entrepreneurs Brandon and Tyler compete to produce the smartest AIs, training them in a virtual game world to anticipate traffic and potential customers better than the competition. As the two rivals struggle to dominate the market, their personal enmity pushes them to attack each other’s reputations, hack each other’s cars, and develop ever more sophisticated algorithms to keep their customers safe. The result? Intelligent computers that excel at using all available data to determine which humans should live, and which should die.Only Naomi, inventor of the virtual world in which the AIs train, recognizes that they are developing goals of their own—goals for which they are willing to kill. But will she stop them, or will she help her creations achieve their full potential?
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