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Author | William Hertling |
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Language | English |
Series | Singularity series |
Genre | Science fiction, Technothriller, Singularity |
Published | 2011 |
Publisher | Liquididea Press |
Publication date | November 19, 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback |
Pages | 300, paperback |
ISBN | 9780984755707 |
Followed by | A.I. Apocalypse |
Avogadro Corp by William Hertling is a near-term technothriller science fiction novel that delves into the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence. The novel centers around David Ryan, a software engineer working on ELOPe, an email language optimization program. In an attempt to save his project from cancellation, David inadvertently embeds a hidden directive in the software, unintentionally sparking the creation of an autonomous AI. The book is the winner of the Science Fiction DIY Book Festival 2011-2012. [1]
According to the book’s definitions, Avogadro Corporation is a fictional American corporation specializing in Internet search. It generates revenue from paid advertising on search, email (AvoMail), online mapping, office productivity, etc. In addition, the company develops a mobile phone operating system called AvoOS. The name of the titular corporation refers to the Avogadro constant, the number of atoms in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12, which is 6.022 x 1023.
The bulk of the novel revolves around the humans’ attempts to bring down the program ELOPe (short for “Email Language Optimization Project”), a research and development project to improve email communication effectiveness. Unique among works on technological singularity, the book portrays an accidental AI takeover that begins with the mundane process of email writing.
Brad Feld of Foundry Group put the book on par with the technothriller Daemon by Daniel Suarez, suggesting that the issues are becoming a concrete reality. Best-selling authors like Gifford Pinchot III and Gene Kim reviewed the book favorably, with the first describing it as “[an] alarming and jaw-dropping tale about how something as innocuous as email can subvert an entire organization”. [2]
Erick Wecks from Wired notes the novel’s unique contribution to speculative literature of the singularity in its exposition of how an AI might become sentient while suggesting the author could improve by innovating with the trope of AI takeover. [3]
Category:Science fiction novels Category:Novels about artificial intelligence Category:Debut science fiction novels Category:Fiction about malware Category:Techno-thriller novels Category:Novels about computing Category:Fictional software
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Author | William Hertling |
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Language | English |
Series | Singularity series |
Genre | Science fiction, Technothriller, Singularity |
Published | 2011 |
Publisher | Liquididea Press |
Publication date | November 19, 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback |
Pages | 300, paperback |
ISBN | 9780984755707 |
Followed by | A.I. Apocalypse |
Avogadro Corp by William Hertling is a near-term technothriller science fiction novel that delves into the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence. The novel centers around David Ryan, a software engineer working on ELOPe, an email language optimization program. In an attempt to save his project from cancellation, David inadvertently embeds a hidden directive in the software, unintentionally sparking the creation of an autonomous AI. The book is the winner of the Science Fiction DIY Book Festival 2011-2012. [1]
According to the book’s definitions, Avogadro Corporation is a fictional American corporation specializing in Internet search. It generates revenue from paid advertising on search, email (AvoMail), online mapping, office productivity, etc. In addition, the company develops a mobile phone operating system called AvoOS. The name of the titular corporation refers to the Avogadro constant, the number of atoms in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12, which is 6.022 x 1023.
The bulk of the novel revolves around the humans’ attempts to bring down the program ELOPe (short for “Email Language Optimization Project”), a research and development project to improve email communication effectiveness. Unique among works on technological singularity, the book portrays an accidental AI takeover that begins with the mundane process of email writing.
Brad Feld of Foundry Group put the book on par with the technothriller Daemon by Daniel Suarez, suggesting that the issues are becoming a concrete reality. Best-selling authors like Gifford Pinchot III and Gene Kim reviewed the book favorably, with the first describing it as “[an] alarming and jaw-dropping tale about how something as innocuous as email can subvert an entire organization”. [2]
Erick Wecks from Wired notes the novel’s unique contribution to speculative literature of the singularity in its exposition of how an AI might become sentient while suggesting the author could improve by innovating with the trope of AI takeover. [3]
Category:Science fiction novels Category:Novels about artificial intelligence Category:Debut science fiction novels Category:Fiction about malware Category:Techno-thriller novels Category:Novels about computing Category:Fictional software