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Mark de Castrique The Singularity Race (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Singularity Race
- Publication Name
- The Singularity Race
- Title
- The Singularity Race
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 1464205973
- EAN
- 9781464205972
- ISBN
- 9781464205972
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Crime, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Technological
- Release Year
- 2016
- Release Date
- 01/11/2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.8in
- Item Width
- 5.8in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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The Singularity-the looming point of no return when Artificial Intelligence surpasses human cognitive abilities, with consequences no one can foresee, and only a handful of people understand. Rusty Mullins, ex-Secret Service, has never heard of the Singularity. He only knows that after the deadly challenges of his last job for security firm Prime Protection, he swore he'd stop risking his life on assignments. Then his good friend Ted Lewison, head of Prime Protection, asks him back for a routine mission guarding Chinese scientist Dr. Lisa Li and her seven-year-old nephew, Peter, and Mullins agrees. The conference on AI bringing Dr. Li to Washington, DC, is barely under way when a team of assassins storms the room. The carnage is great but Mullins saves Dr. Li and Peter while the attackers kill the two other AI experts, along with Lewison. His widow begs Mullins to uncover the power behind the group claiming credit for the assassinations. Is "Double H" homegrown, or part of a larger international conspiracy? Enter eccentric tech billionaire Robert Brentwood who requests Mullins continue to guard Dr. Li and Peter. Brentwood seeks the Singularity and believes Dr. Li holds the key. Mullins agrees in exchange for running his investigation through Brentwood's extraordinary computer resources. The quest leads him on an unexpected path from Naval Intelligence and the Oval Office to a secret research lab in the North Carolina mountains. No one can be trusted-the race for the Singularity is a global winner-takes-all contest. Yet, terrifyingly, a machine with capacity exceeding human intelligence can outstrip all controls while possessing no moral or ethical brakes. As the AI stakeholders go all out, Mullins must face his own singularity-the point of no return-when not just he but his family and Dr. Li's will become casualties in what amounts to war.
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Sourcebooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1464205973
ISBN-13
9781464205972
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219609411
Product Key Features
Book Title
Singularity Race
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Crime, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Technological
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
280 Pages
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Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
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The appeal here is an engrossing plot that shines a spotlight on AI and the threat it could pose to humanity., I enjoy de Castrique's Sam Blackman mysteries and with new characters in The Singularity Race he has once again written a complex, fascinating mystery, enhanced by the dangers posed from technological advances., De Castrique's (A Specter of Justice, 2015, etc.) taut action sequences and strong character relationships triumph over a plot crowded with threads and back stories., Mark de Castrique's standalone thriller is fast-paced and absorbing, filled with hair-trigger action and cross after double cross. With the rise of computers, information warfare is "where it's at," and the need for a super computer with moral parameters is a must.
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