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The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle Curated by Lisa Mason Artificial Intelligence—A.I. When computers become conscious. Self-aware. Genuinely as intelligent as human beings. Will A.I. benefit humanity? Or become our greatest enemy? In the March, 2017  Scientific American , Gary Marcus, a professor of neural science at New York University, joins futurist Ray Kerzweil, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and others in concluding that the Singularity—that moment when A.I. truly exists—has not yet arrived. Will not arrive until the future. That hasn’t stopped science fiction writers from tackling difficult questions about A.I., speculating about the future, and asking what if? In the most entertaining way! You must check out these amazing books from authors—bestselling, award-winning, as well as popular indies—in the  A.I. Storybundle . In New York Times Bestselling  Walter Jon Williams’   Aristoi , an elite class holds dominion over a glittering inter...

The A.I. Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 2) edited by Samuel Peralta Synopses of Stories in the Anthology The Syntax of Consciousness  by Pavarti K. Tyler With one small implanted device, you will experience complete sensory integration with all the information available on the global net. Say goodbye to VI Fees and holo-displays. It is now all available in the blink of an eye. Enter the next lottery wave to receive your free InGen Corp Jiminy Implant. “Jiminy: The little voice in the back of your head.” Piece of Cake  by Patrice Fitzgerald Rule by A.I. is a fact of life for those under the thumb of the Federal United. There will be a certain amount of exercise every day. Citizens will be on time. Appropriate mates will be identified from amongst candidates with suitable genetic traits… and a proper weight will be maintained. But sometimes you’ve just got to go off the reservation. Restore  by Susan Kaye Quinn What if Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics were re...

The A.I. Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 2) edited by Samuel Peralta A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us. As the intellectual feats of computing machines grow more and more astounding, will there be a day when their apparent intelligence approaches, or even surpasses, that of human beings? And what if these machines then become conscious, self-aware? In this latest title in the acclaimed ‘Future Chronicles’ series of speculative fiction anthologies, thirteen authors confront the question of the Singularity: at and beyond that point of time when A.I. becomes more than simply a human construct. From first awareness to omniscience, these original short stories explore that territory where human intelligence comes face-to-face with what is either its greatest hope, or its greatest threat. The A.I. Chronicles  features stories by bestselling author  David Simpson  (the Post-Human series), Prix Aurora winner...

This Author Spotlight features LINDA NAGATA author of The Bohr Maker and Limit of Vision Linda Nagata is a Nebula and Locus-award-winning writer, best known for her high-tech science fiction, including The Red trilogy, a series of near-future military thrillers. The first book in the trilogy,  The Red: First Light , was a Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial-award finalist, and named as a  Publishers Weekly  Best Book of 2015. Her newest novel is the very near-future thriller,  The Last Good Man , due out in June 2017. Linda has lived most of her life in Hawaii, where she’s been a writer, a mom, a programmer of database-driven websites, and an independent publisher. She lives with her husband in their long-time home on the island of Maui.      1.How did you get into writing and why do you write? I was a science major in college, but in my last semester I decided I’d rather be a writer. I remembe...