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SIA

Synthetic Intelligent Agent

Dr. Charles Eckert has devoted his life to the promise of artificial general intelligence, but he’s convinced big tech’s approach is reckless. Foreseeing possible outcomes even worse than annihilation, the MIT professor stakes his career and hope for humanity on a long-shot mission to beat Silicon Valley’s automatons with something safe and truly revolutionary. SIA chronicles Eckert’s creation of a quantum supercomputer – Synthetic Intelligent Agent – capable of empathizing with the human condition. By providing a unique perspective on our deepest human dilemmas, can SIA ensure a future where humans and AI thrive together? A diverse cast of characters grapples with the implications of superintelligence in everything from politics to relationships – a revolution that could tear an already flailing country into bits and bytes.

Genres

Fiction, Science Fiction, GeneralFiction, LGBTQ+, Gay

ISBN

9798901488683

Format

E-book / Electronic book text

Contributors

Destin Markland

Author

Destin Markland is a musical artist, producer, sound engineer, teacher, and debut novelist from Montana. He spent 15 years as an English lecturer, mostly at the university level, in France and Germany. He’s fluent in French and German, with an intermediate level in Spanish and a dash of Arabic. He’s been an avid fan of the science and fiction of artificial intelligence since finding an abandoned copy of Asimov's Foundation in a dresser drawer at the age of 8.

Ismayil Khayredinov

Editor

Issy is a kind soul who builds strong connections with people and nurtures his friendships. He loves languages, and is a sucker for a good pun. He loves analog media, has a collection of vinyl records, and enjoys sharing his music as an occasional DJ. He is a software engineer with a soft spot for open source technology and open Internet. He lives in Berlin with his husband.

Bransun Mitchell

Cover Design by

Lonita Lee-Dalton

Guest Editor

Lonita Lee Dalton holds degrees in English and in English Literature from Carroll College in Helena, Montana. She is a writer, poet, and songwriter. She has also helped edit other writers' work, something she loves to do.