Publication

2012 - The Penguin Press, New York, NY, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

82,000 words, Guess

Page Count

328 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3608.U84 W67 2012
  • LCCPS3608.U84 W67 2013
and 1 more
  • LCCPS3608.U84W67 2012

Description

When Neill's father committed suicide ten years ago, he left behind thousands of pages of secret journals, journals that are stunning in their detail, and, it must be said, their complete banality. But their spectacularly quotidian details, were exactly what artificial intelligence company Amiante Systems was looking for, and Neill was able to parlay them into a job, despite a useless degree in business marketing and absolutely no experience in computer science. He has spent the last two years inputting the diaries into what everyone hopes will become the world's first sentient computer. Essentially, he has been giving it language--using his father's words. Alarming to Neill--if not to the other employees of Amiante--the experiment seems to be working. The computer actually appears to be gaining awareness and, most disconcerting of all, has started asking questions about Neill's childhood.

Subjects

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  • A working theory of loveThe Penguin Press2012-01-01

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