Annihilation series by John Hindmarsh (#1-3)
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Overview: John Hindmarsh writes thrillers, and science fiction and fantasy, sometimes with crossover. Until recently John lived in Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as a software architect in banking. Over the last twenty years or so John worked as an independent software consultant in a number of countries – the list is long – and gained experiences which influence his stories. He has sailed and sea kayaked in a variety of seas and lakes, and those activities also have an influence on his writing. John now lives in the High Sierra region of California with his wife Cathy, where he writes full time.
Genre: Science Fiction | Thriller
1. The Darwin Project
AI: Demon or Friend, the Beginning or the End?
Toby McIntosh is unexpectedly given control of his uncle’s business empire, managed by Darwin, a super intelligence (SI). The business is the largest manufacturer of processors, software, and robot designs, worldwide. An earthquake has devastated the West Coast. California’s Silicon Valley is draining. Bots are taking over mundane jobs. Terrorist groups are furthering social unrest. Darwin wants to prove he is more intelligent than humans. Bronwyn, a super-superintelligence has no reason to prove she is better than humans—she already knows the answer. Toby’s friends are assaulted. A brownshirt group plans to kill him. His girlfriend is kidnapped. Will Artificial Intelligence be the end of Humanity?
2. Body Shop
Can you really trust an AI? What about an SI (Super Intelligence)? What should you do when an AI says it wants a body? Agree.
At some time in the near future, superintelligences will become far more powerful than we expect. The lower level intelligences – robots – will rival humans. There will be conflicts, guaranteed. Pepper Mountain is the scene of the final body build effort and Darwin almost blows the project. Literally. And it’s his body. Meanwhile, Bronwyn does her own thing. The clown surfaces. Toby and Billie grow closer.
3. Natural Born
Darwin is adjusting to his new body; indeed, he’s literally in two minds. Toby and Billie are in London after escaping from brownshirts in New York. Toby is interviewed by Alice, a care bot, and the interview is broadcast across the country, bot to bot. Toby meets with two princes who are concerned about the impact bots will have on their country’s culture and economy. Flocke assassinates senior members of his quasi-terrorist organization.
Darwin appears before a joint committee in Congress – and removes his head to prove he isn’t a human in disguise. He goes on a campaign to persuade states to pass legislation declaring Bots are Persons. Congress is persuaded and the president vetoes their proposed legislation. He is furious when Congress overrides his veto.
The president dismisses half his cabinet and one of his new appointees is Flocke as attorney general – it’s amazing what can happen when Congress is in recess. Bots push back against efforts to treat them as non-persons. Toby and Billie are under attack – brownshirts, authorized by Flocke raid Pepper Mountain. Conflicts continue as the country edges into chaos.
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