The Programmer's Widow
It's July 2019. The U.S. and China have been pushing against each other as technology and cultures clash. New weapons surface as the technology race expands beyond expectations. Now weapons such as railguns, lasers, microwave cannons, hypersonic missiles and engineered viruses are becoming a reality.
However, as dangerous as all these developments portent to be, nothing has the potential for treachery and misunderstanding as does the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It is growing in use in numerous markets and technologies and is seen by many as a boon to increased knowledge and understanding. Areas such as education, product selection and medical treatment are relying more and more on AI programs to aid in their work. As such, the push is on to make AI-controlled drones capable of self-learning and autonomous control. In the background of all this celebratory demand for more is the dark underbelly of human intervention and intent.
AI can easily be turned into a weapon and when it is, where does that ability to learn and act on its own become a threat. This is a story of a growing conflict, a continuing effort for nations to steal secrets from each other and the potential of two nations going into a war where the combatants become the pursued. It is the tools of politics and control.
It involves an intelligence team called LAB214. A team of technology experts within the Office of Naval Intelligence, Special Operations Group that are assigned numerous different types of missions but with one common need – Get something that can't be obtained through normal surreptitious means and change the game while doing so. It's a problem of artificial intelligence going rogue in a run-up to war by two powerful governments – The U.S. and China.
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However, as dangerous as all these developments portent to be, nothing has the potential for treachery and misunderstanding as does the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It is growing in use in numerous markets and technologies and is seen by many as a boon to increased knowledge and understanding. Areas such as education, product selection and medical treatment are relying more and more on AI programs to aid in their work. As such, the push is on to make AI-controlled drones capable of self-learning and autonomous control. In the background of all this celebratory demand for more is the dark underbelly of human intervention and intent.
AI can easily be turned into a weapon and when it is, where does that ability to learn and act on its own become a threat. This is a story of a growing conflict, a continuing effort for nations to steal secrets from each other and the potential of two nations going into a war where the combatants become the pursued. It is the tools of politics and control.
It involves an intelligence team called LAB214. A team of technology experts within the Office of Naval Intelligence, Special Operations Group that are assigned numerous different types of missions but with one common need – Get something that can't be obtained through normal surreptitious means and change the game while doing so. It's a problem of artificial intelligence going rogue in a run-up to war by two powerful governments – The U.S. and China.
The Programmer's Widow
It's July 2019. The U.S. and China have been pushing against each other as technology and cultures clash. New weapons surface as the technology race expands beyond expectations. Now weapons such as railguns, lasers, microwave cannons, hypersonic missiles and engineered viruses are becoming a reality.
However, as dangerous as all these developments portent to be, nothing has the potential for treachery and misunderstanding as does the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It is growing in use in numerous markets and technologies and is seen by many as a boon to increased knowledge and understanding. Areas such as education, product selection and medical treatment are relying more and more on AI programs to aid in their work. As such, the push is on to make AI-controlled drones capable of self-learning and autonomous control. In the background of all this celebratory demand for more is the dark underbelly of human intervention and intent.
AI can easily be turned into a weapon and when it is, where does that ability to learn and act on its own become a threat. This is a story of a growing conflict, a continuing effort for nations to steal secrets from each other and the potential of two nations going into a war where the combatants become the pursued. It is the tools of politics and control.
It involves an intelligence team called LAB214. A team of technology experts within the Office of Naval Intelligence, Special Operations Group that are assigned numerous different types of missions but with one common need – Get something that can't be obtained through normal surreptitious means and change the game while doing so. It's a problem of artificial intelligence going rogue in a run-up to war by two powerful governments – The U.S. and China.
However, as dangerous as all these developments portent to be, nothing has the potential for treachery and misunderstanding as does the development of artificial intelligence (AI). It is growing in use in numerous markets and technologies and is seen by many as a boon to increased knowledge and understanding. Areas such as education, product selection and medical treatment are relying more and more on AI programs to aid in their work. As such, the push is on to make AI-controlled drones capable of self-learning and autonomous control. In the background of all this celebratory demand for more is the dark underbelly of human intervention and intent.
AI can easily be turned into a weapon and when it is, where does that ability to learn and act on its own become a threat. This is a story of a growing conflict, a continuing effort for nations to steal secrets from each other and the potential of two nations going into a war where the combatants become the pursued. It is the tools of politics and control.
It involves an intelligence team called LAB214. A team of technology experts within the Office of Naval Intelligence, Special Operations Group that are assigned numerous different types of missions but with one common need – Get something that can't be obtained through normal surreptitious means and change the game while doing so. It's a problem of artificial intelligence going rogue in a run-up to war by two powerful governments – The U.S. and China.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781951655044 |
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| Publisher: | Alpha Group 3 LLC |
| Publication date: | 07/20/2020 |
| Pages: | 380 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d) |
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