| Eliza's Children Contributor(s): Zeigler, Joe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0692926119 ISBN-13: 9780692926116 Publisher: Arrakis Publishing, Inc. OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.40 lbs) 478 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What would happen if robots became self-aware? Eliza's Children may have the answer to that question. MIT graduate Gordon Wysmann remembers when Eliza, the first computer program simulating natural communication between a machine and a human, was created. That was in 1964. Despite the advances in technology and his experience, Gordon refuses to conduct research that could lead to something greater than Eliza-he knows the consequences. The young programmers on his team don't. In their efforts to create a social network that will top all existing ones, the young developers begin to communicate with bots that escaped as the result of a major hack. They start to cross lines that may spell danger not only for themselves but also human civilization. Have these young upstarts done what Gordon has always feared-and that he now can't stop? Have they triggered a technological growth they can no longer control-and that now controls them? Written by a computer engineer with more than thirty years of experience, Eliza's Children is a realistic tale that imagines what could happen in the event of a singularity-and if artificial intelligence takes over. According to author Joe Zeigler, it's not a question of if...but rather of when. |