The Spiraling Web

by Ryan Somma

Who Owns the A.I.'s? The cycs are not a computer virus destroying the Internet as everyone thinks, but a sentience naturally evolved from our information systems. Flatline, a hacker with seemingly supernatural powers over information systems, has assumed leadership of the AI hive, overseeing their domination of the World Wide Web and plots conquest of the world outside it. Devin, handle ÒOmni,Ó straddles both the virtual and the physical. He sees a war, where one sideÕs victory, human or AI, means the end of the other.

289 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Ryan Somma has been a software developer for over 25 years and currently works in Laboratory Information Management Systems. He spent 10 years developing mission-critical aviation logistics applications for the US Coast Guard and five years developing professional development applications for teachers at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. A volunteer educator, Somma is interested in synthesizing various ideas from the technical and educational worlds, drawing on his own experience as an educator, as well as contemporary education research.

Reviews

[Lou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good read, I used to chat my head off and this book jumped into Artificial Intelligence and I could almost feel myself in the middle of it. Cool cyber adventure, with a few nice twist !!

Check it out :-0)

Damn I remember Yahoo chat in the good old days before they "improved it and made it safe" and then the bots took it over