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Quantum Butterfly: Reality Is Chaos
September, 2032: A dull boom echoes through the urban canyons of downtown Dallas. A 50-story skyscraper shudders. A firecracker-like rumble fills the air. In five seconds, floor by floor, the 646-foot tower pancakes into the ground.
Six months earlier, Rusty Chambers, a quantum programmer, takes a consulting job with the Artificial Intelligence giant, Quantum Query. The secretive, insular company's Project 143771 will revolutionize the field . . .
... IF it can survive the hordes of techjays, the anti-AI protesters.
... IF Rusty can navigate the labyrinth of corporate politics, greed, and deceit.
... And IF he can break free of the cycles of History, and the Butterfly Effects of his personal decisions.
Explore the Dark Side of AI -- where Reality IS Chaos!
Six months earlier, Rusty Chambers, a quantum programmer, takes a consulting job with the Artificial Intelligence giant, Quantum Query. The secretive, insular company's Project 143771 will revolutionize the field . . .
... IF it can survive the hordes of techjays, the anti-AI protesters.
... IF Rusty can navigate the labyrinth of corporate politics, greed, and deceit.
... And IF he can break free of the cycles of History, and the Butterfly Effects of his personal decisions.
Explore the Dark Side of AI -- where Reality IS Chaos!
228 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 22, 2018
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May 6, 2018
What would happen if the realm of robotics were to ultimately overcome the Uncanny Valley effect? How would we see androids then? Would we continue to see them as “things”, or would we begin to form bonds with them? What would happen if those bonds were to go beyond simple friendship?
Quantum Butterfly addresses each of these questions through the noble canvas that is science fiction. The results are an extraordinary book that lays bare some of the unexpected problems (and solutions) that researchers would immediately have to come to terms with.
A little more on the book itself: Rusty is a talented IT professional who had nevertheless been deemed a “disruptor” by his former employers, Quantum Query. Tired of dealing with the gigantic corporation’s restrictive policies, he chose to leave and work under non-binding circumstances for the competition instead.
One fine day, QQ contacts him out of the blue with a cryptic (but very lucrative) proposal. At first torn between his distaste for the company and the prospect of raking in some serious cash, Rusty suddenly discovers that enough of the latter is capable of washing away the former.
By affixing his digital signature to the contract proposal, Rusty inadvertantly sets off a Butterfly effect that will put his life - and the lives of countless others - in great peril.
After having read easily more than ten of his books, I’ve come to depend on the author as a source of entertaining science fiction. The central theme of this work, however, sets us up for some darker moments than I’m used to. The setting itself is to a certain extent a realistic extrapolation from present-day political and cultural tendencies. I’m not entirely sure I want to live in this future (but that might be where we’re headed anyway). I suspect that the auther is levelling a certain amount of social criticism against these current tendencies, perhaps deservingly.
In all, the themes, characters and plot (and world-building!) have all come together to form a highly recommendable book.
Quantum Butterfly addresses each of these questions through the noble canvas that is science fiction. The results are an extraordinary book that lays bare some of the unexpected problems (and solutions) that researchers would immediately have to come to terms with.
A little more on the book itself: Rusty is a talented IT professional who had nevertheless been deemed a “disruptor” by his former employers, Quantum Query. Tired of dealing with the gigantic corporation’s restrictive policies, he chose to leave and work under non-binding circumstances for the competition instead.
One fine day, QQ contacts him out of the blue with a cryptic (but very lucrative) proposal. At first torn between his distaste for the company and the prospect of raking in some serious cash, Rusty suddenly discovers that enough of the latter is capable of washing away the former.
By affixing his digital signature to the contract proposal, Rusty inadvertantly sets off a Butterfly effect that will put his life - and the lives of countless others - in great peril.
After having read easily more than ten of his books, I’ve come to depend on the author as a source of entertaining science fiction. The central theme of this work, however, sets us up for some darker moments than I’m used to. The setting itself is to a certain extent a realistic extrapolation from present-day political and cultural tendencies. I’m not entirely sure I want to live in this future (but that might be where we’re headed anyway). I suspect that the auther is levelling a certain amount of social criticism against these current tendencies, perhaps deservingly.
In all, the themes, characters and plot (and world-building!) have all come together to form a highly recommendable book.
May 14, 2019
Great science fiction. Strong story line, believable characters delivered in a style which echoes Heineken,Assimov, Harrison et al Read it you’ll love it.
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