Unification: Book 2 of Influence

by Stephen Smith

What is the future of privacy and self-determination in a world of self-aware AIs? Humans have a terrible track record with war, famine, genocide and environmental collapse. What will a new hyper-intelligence make of all this? Follow Sa'eid, a Palestinian terrorist, Mia, the CEO of the world’s largest company, J@ck a punk hacker, Axel, a FBI agent and Dan, a biochemist, as they interact with Alpha the first self-aware AI. Are they being manipulated as they pursue their life goals? Do they know their roles in how the world is changing around them or are they unwitting accomplices in a modern day atrocity? This is the sequel to the book Influence, which saw the creation of the AI Alpha out of social media manipulation Bots.

289 pages, Paperback

Published March 24, 2020

About the author

Stephen Smith is a software architect, located in Gibsons, BC, Canada. He's been developing software since high school, or way too many years to record. He is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Assembly Language programming, earned his Advanced HAM Radio License, and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, and nature photography. He volunteers for Sunshine Coast Search and Rescue. He is the author of Raspberry Pi Assembly Language Programming: ARM Processor Coding, Programming with 64-Bit ARM Assembly Language: Single Board Computer Development for Raspberry Pi and Mobile Devices, and RP2040 Assembly Language Programming: ARM Cortex-M0+ on the Raspberry Pi Pico, all published by Apress. Also, he writes his popular technology blog, at smist08.wordpress.com.