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Richard Dooling

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Richard Dooling’s first novel, Critical Care, became a film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring James Spader and Helen Mirren. His second novel, White Man’s Grave, was a finalist for the 1994 National Book Award. Brain Storm and Bet Your Life were both New York Times Notable Books of the Year.

His nonfiction includes Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harassment and Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ. His story “Diary of an Immortal Man,” published in Esquire, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The L.A. Times, and The National Review.

In 2003–2004, Dooling co-wrote and produced Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital for ABC. Writ ...more

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	White Man's Grave 3.88 avg rating — 501 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brain Storm 3.29 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1998 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Care: A Novel 3.40 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ 3.25 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bet Your Life 3.22 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2002 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Send The Dead: A Novella and Four Stories 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bush Pigs: A Short Story 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Streak: Swearing, Free Speech, and Sexual Harrassment 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Why can't you summon a command line and search your real-world home for 'Honda car keys,' and specify rooms in your house to search instead of folders or paths in your computer's home directory? It's a crippling design flaw in the real-world interface.”
― Richard Dooling, Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ

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“Sentences that begin with 'You' are probably not true. For instance, when I write: "You are a pet human named Morlock being disciplined by your master, a Beowulf cluster of FreeBSD 22.0 servers in the year 2052. Last week you tried to escape by digging a hole under the perimeter, which means this week you may be put to sleep for being a renegade human."

That's not true, at least not yet.”
― Richard Dooling, Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ

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