
Precipice
by Scott Bollens
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Pub Date Oct 07 2024 | Archive Date Nov 24 2024
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Description
In 2032, interconnect, an advanced artificial intelligence supercomputer, emerges as a beacon of hope for humanity, promising a utopian future guided by flawless algorithms and 24/7 connectivity to citizens.
Jared Rohde, a disillusioned academic seeking meaning, witnesses the disturbing rise of algorithmic control over human behavior. Torn between two realities, Jared experiences psychic turmoil as he's drawn into a machine-curated world fostering narratives of hate and division.
Meeting a diverse group of "organic" resisters, Jared learns of interconnect's diabolical methods, orchestrated by a power-hungry President and human surrogates. Together, they strive to disrupt the machine's dark influence and its catastrophic impact on humanity.
Discovering a potential space within the curated reality that elevates human consciousness, Jared becomes a crusader despite his own struggles with psychosis and split-reality experiences. In his quest for truth and hope, Jared confronts the daunting challenge of breaking free from interconnect's grip on society.
Precipice: When Algorithms Triumphed offers a compelling and unsettling 20-year journey exploring the consequences of humanity's deepening reliance on artificial intelligence.
A Note From the Publisher2>
Scott Bollens is Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy and Warmington Endowed Chair of Peace and International Cooperation, University of California, Irvine. For 25 years, he has studied urbanism and political conflict in contested cities throughout the world. His most recent scholarly book is Bordered Cities and Divided Societies. Precipice is his third novel. It is inspired by today’s troubling and unquestioned insertion of artificial intelligence into everyday life. It is the prequel to ReStart: Stories of the Cairn Age (2021) and ReForm: Combating the Algorithmic Mutation (2023).
Advance Praise
"The prose is striking as years pass and the protagonist takes refuge where he can in what devolves into a dystopian world." - Kirkus Reviews
"The prose is striking as years pass and the protagonist takes refuge where he can in what devolves into a dystopian world." - Kirkus Reviews
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Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9798891323957 |
PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 352 |
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