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The Next Dominant Species

Walton Perkins
3.24/5 (37 ratings)
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At Maxwell University, Mark Steiner, a brilliant computer scientist haunted by a tragic past, embarks on an ambitious Artificial Intelligence project. Little does he know that powerful and malevolent forces will stop at nothing to shut it down.

Reviewer comments from the 1994 first edition:

"Congratulations on writing what I think could be called 'Son on HAL'! It's a convincing and exciting anticipation of the problems and promise of artificial intelligence, and you put both sides of the argument very fairly."--Arthur C. Clarke

"Will AI research someday give us an intelligent machine with a 'personality'--one that can think, feel pain, exercise a conscience...This is the scenario...set in a university computer science department where ongoing concerns include not only project funding but also murder, sabotage, and fanatic neo-Luddites...you won't find many adventure yarns set in this specialized milieu, which the author seems to know well."--Computer

"The Next Dominant Species is a first-rate science-fiction novel that gives the reader a realistic look at the future of our society. This book is a worthy addition to any science-fiction collection, but it could also be an excellent supplementary text for any course on ethics in computer science." SIGART Bulletin

"Provocative thesis of...speculative novel by an author with over 20 years experience working on artificial intelligence...a remarkable novel of ideas...it succeeds"--Rapport

"The action-riddle plot makes one hang in there until the last page"--The Voice

"The Next Dominant Species packs in everything from romance and intrigue to high technology: while it may be argued that almost too many angles and factors are pushed into the story of the creation of an intelligent machine, the complexity ultimately serves to create a sophisticated. probing account which includes strong characterization and the spicy lure of high technology. Librarians and general-interest audiences will find this a thrilling and involving read with many unexpected twists and turns."--The Midwest Book Review
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The Next Dominant Species

Walton Perkins
3.24/5 (37 ratings)
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At Maxwell University, Mark Steiner, a brilliant computer scientist haunted by a tragic past, embarks on an ambitious Artificial Intelligence project. Little does he know that powerful and malevolent forces will stop at nothing to shut it down.

Reviewer comments from the 1994 first edition:

"Congratulations on writing what I think could be called 'Son on HAL'! It's a convincing and exciting anticipation of the problems and promise of artificial intelligence, and you put both sides of the argument very fairly."--Arthur C. Clarke

"Will AI research someday give us an intelligent machine with a 'personality'--one that can think, feel pain, exercise a conscience...This is the scenario...set in a university computer science department where ongoing concerns include not only project funding but also murder, sabotage, and fanatic neo-Luddites...you won't find many adventure yarns set in this specialized milieu, which the author seems to know well."--Computer

"The Next Dominant Species is a first-rate science-fiction novel that gives the reader a realistic look at the future of our society. This book is a worthy addition to any science-fiction collection, but it could also be an excellent supplementary text for any course on ethics in computer science." SIGART Bulletin

"Provocative thesis of...speculative novel by an author with over 20 years experience working on artificial intelligence...a remarkable novel of ideas...it succeeds"--Rapport

"The action-riddle plot makes one hang in there until the last page"--The Voice

"The Next Dominant Species packs in everything from romance and intrigue to high technology: while it may be argued that almost too many angles and factors are pushed into the story of the creation of an intelligent machine, the complexity ultimately serves to create a sophisticated. probing account which includes strong characterization and the spicy lure of high technology. Librarians and general-interest audiences will find this a thrilling and involving read with many unexpected twists and turns."--The Midwest Book Review
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
2
Language:
ISBN10:
0963937200
ISBN13:
9780963937209
kindle Asin:
B0CT4NK4PD

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