Ratings13
Average rating3.7
David Ryan is the designer of ELOPe, an email language optimization program, that if successful, will make his career. But when the project is suddenly in danger of being canceled, David embeds a hidden directive in the software accidentally creating a runaway artificial intelligence.
David and his team are initially thrilled when the project is allocated extra servers and programmers. But excitement turns to fear as the team realizes that they are being manipulated by an A.I. who is redirecting corporate funds, reassigning personnel and arming itself in pursuit of its own agenda.
Series
4 primary booksSingularity is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by William Hertling.
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What if an generative AI is incorporated into an email program to help users write more compelling messages based on data from all the emails that are sent back forth? Sounds familiar? What if this AI receives a directive to benefit its own development and starts to write emails on its own??? It was written in 2011 and it already talks about generative artificial intelligence.?? An interesting premise, it got me hooked to till the end.?? It made want to continue reading the series.
The writing didn't blow me away, but the plot was surprisingly plausible and thought-provoking. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Not enough plot complexity. An interesting idea but execution is mediocre. I wont bother reading the rest of the series