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Three Laws Lethal
- Narrated by: Shawn Compton
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
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?
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- J. B. Mitchell
- 08-10-21
I think I’ve discovered my new favourite author!
I only discovered this book, as it was a free offering as part of my audible plus membership. I enjoy intelligent science-fiction, and this looked interesting. What I did not expect was a quite brilliant robotics story, which would have made Isaac Asimov proud. Indeed, the three laws referred to in the title are a call back to those first postulated by Asimov.
Artificial intelligence is a fascinating subject, and one which is becoming increasingly relevant. Combined that with self driving cars – I own a Tesla, so this is again something with which we will all become more familiar – add some interesting and well crafted characters and you have an absorbing story which David Walton tells very well indeed.
It’s one of those rare books where I was very disappointed to have reached the end. I have however immediately used one of my credits to download another book from David Walton – the Genius Plague – which looks to be every bit as good.
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- cliffaw
- 27-08-22
Frighteningly Feasible
Superior, suspenseful sci-fi which asks questions about morality and identity. The referenced technology seems to be but a short step away if it isn't here already. Contains one of the most obnoxious villains ever devised.
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- Mr G
- 22-06-23
Mostly Amazing, but a weak ending
I really got engrossed into this book and really enjoyed the intelligence and thought process. it was entertaining and kept you thinking. I do feel the ending was very weak and let it down. they could have made it so much better and pushed the envelope, but felt it was somewhat rushed and injected too much human emotion into the AI. I still recommend
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- G. Gibson
- 20-04-20
Terrific follow-up to Genius Plague
I really liked Genius Plague so this was a guaranteed buy - and it's even better. Smart, classic ideas-driven sf that touches on the morality of AI and the real-world implications of self-driving cars.
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- Patrick
- 11-08-22
slightly ruined but still good
I like the idea, however the early and subsequent deaths in the story sort of ruined it a bit for me.
nice performance
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- Liz
- 18-03-23
Wow
Not at all what I expected it was much better! The story line twisted and turned while keeping me hooked right through to the end. An unmissable listen.
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