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David Ryan is the designer of ELOPe, an email
language optimization program, that if successful, will
make his career. But when the project is suddenly in
danger of being canceled, David embeds a hidden
directive in the software accidentally creating a
runaway artificial intelligence.
David and his team
are initially thrilled when the project is allocated
extra servers and programmers. But excitement turns to
fear as the team realizes that they are being
manipulated by an A.I. who is redirecting corporate
funds, reassigning personnel and arming itself in
pursuit of its own agenda.
WINNER SCIENCE FICTION DIY
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"Avogadro Corp is a
tremendous book that every single person needs to read.
In the vein of Daniel Suarez's Daemon and Freedom(TM),
William's book shows that science fiction is becoming
science fact. Avogadro Corp describes issues, in solid
technical detail, that we are dealing with today that
will impact us by 2015, if not sooner. Not enough people
have read these books. It's a problem for them, but not
for the [emergent] machines."
—Brad Feld, managing
directory Foundry Group, co-founder Techstars
"Highly
entertaining, gripping, thought inspiring book. Don’t
start without the time to finish — it won’t let you
go.”
—Gifford Pinchot III, founder Bainbridge
Graduate Institute, author THE INTELLIGENT
ORGANIZATION
"An alarming and jaw-dropping tale about
how something as innocuous as email can subvert an
entire organization. I found myself reading with a sense
of awe, and read it way too late into the
night."
—Gene Kim, author of VISIBLE OPS
"A
fictional world where Portland is the hub for the most
exciting advancements in technology... Jam packed with
great references to deep Portland culture...and
Portlandia-type references"
—SILICON
FLORIST
"Hertling builds a picture of how an AI could
emerge, piece by piece, from technology available today.
A fascinating, logical, and utterly believable scenario
- I just hope nobody tries this at home."
—Nathaniel
Rutman, Senior Systems Architect
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