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The classic science fiction thriller that âcontains some of the best extrapolation on the nature and creation of AI ever offered in fictionâ (Kirkus Reviews). The SFWA Grand Master and author of Make Room! Make Room!âthe novel that inspired the movie Soylent Greenâteams up with a pioneering artificial intelligence expert in âa fine example of collaboration, in which a scientist and a writer craft a thriller around state-of-the-art intelligenceâ (Chicago Tribune). âBrian Delany, a brilliant computer scientist at top-secret Megalobe labs, is on the brink of developing a true machine intelligence when industrial pirates penetrate security and steal his research, gravely wounding him in the process. Though a bullet has destroyed parts of his brain, the technology he created offers hope: neurosurgeon Erin Snaresbrook uses microsurgical robots and a superpowerful computer to restore Brian to consciousness. Now he races against time to re-create his research before the thieves can develop it for the marketplace, and to find out who was behind the theft before they can finish him off.â âPublishers Weekly âThe resolution of the plot is handled with wit . . . Harry Harrison is one of science fictionâs most prolific and accomplished craftsmen, and Marvin Minsky, one of the major contributors to the field known as artificial intelligence.â âThe New York Times Book Review âA fast moving plot.â âLos Angeles Times âWhat is intelligence? What is the mind? The Turing Option prompts thinking into what it means to be a human being.â âSan Diego Review âThe authors present, in a lucid and compelling manner, complex theories about how the brain stores and organizes information.â âThe Washington Post Book World |
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