ONE NATION UNDER A.I.? In our near-future, America remains deeply divided and broken. Suddenly, a tech billionaire reveals an innovation that could save the nation: “Algo”, an A.I. candidate for president. Algo is heralded as an efficient, rational, and seemingly incorruptible leader, underpinned by the brainpower of a million minds. To many, it is like a dream come true. But… who is really pulling its strings?
The year is 2032, and Silicon Valley launches its most audacious project yet: Algo, the world’s most powerful AI that will run for president. Algo is the brainchild of the eccentric billionaire Jamin Lake. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.
Isaac Raff returns to a visibly fraying San Francisco to meet Algo. He doesn’t trust a word his old friend Jamin says. As the disillusioned pioneer behind the groundbreaking tech upon which Algo is based, Isaac knows how powerful – and how dangerous – putting an AI built in Jamin’s image in any position of power could be. And despite his initial curiosity, he soon begins to discover a much darker side to his old friend’s utopian promises...
With only days to go before the election and Algo on the cusp of a historic victory, Isaac will be forced to balance his growing mistrust of Jamin with an increasingly powerful bond with Algo itself. He will grapple with impossible questions of the fate of the nation, technology, money and power. Is Algo nothing more than a digital trojan horse destined to fulfil Jamin Lake’s latest fantasies for ultimate power? What is the A.I. really programmed to optimize for? And is Algo really just a collection of mere algo-rithms? Does it merely compute or does it think?
2032 is a gripping, fast-paced, speculative political thriller. It is a chilling look into a potential dystopian future far closer than we would like to think. 2032 explores the themes of A.I.’s great promise and its perils, as well as Big Tech’s influence and manipulation of our society. It is an unforgettable story of what might be the tech industry and Artificial intelligence’s ultimate project: deciding the fate of all of us.
PRAISE for 2032
"The story-telling is slick (in the best way). The dialogue is cleverly devised. We the readers have the sense that we are there, listening in. I like the twists and turns to the plot. The conclusion is a good blend of satisfying and disturbing. And underlying the story is real political wisdom. This will make people think." - Duncan Marlor, historian, and author of Fatal Fortnight
“2032 is a great read, premised on a troubling idea: an AI machine, Algo, a Super Brain that may or may not be independent of human control, is running for President of the USA, and running, as it happens, against two familiar names (neither is the Donald of course, not in 2032!) The hero is a true believer who has become a sceptic and joined the resistance, and thereby hangs a tale; a tale that combines snappy dialogue, dramatic chase scenes, and a compounding sense of menace at the prospect of Algo's victory. Some big questions are at the heart of this fiction, perhaps most notably, a question posed by the great theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking: 'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?' Read on." - Peter Cochrane, author of The Making of Martin Sparrow
RELEASED JULY 14 2022
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The year is 2032, and Silicon Valley launches its most audacious project yet: Algo, the world’s most powerful AI that will run for president. Algo is the brainchild of the eccentric billionaire Jamin Lake. Jamin vows the A.I. has been programmed to follow only a single benevolent mantra: to deliver “the most good for the most people”. In a nation mired in seemingly endless crisis and division, it feels like a real chance for a better future.
Isaac Raff returns to a visibly fraying San Francisco to meet Algo. He doesn’t trust a word his old friend Jamin says. As the disillusioned pioneer behind the groundbreaking tech upon which Algo is based, Isaac knows how powerful – and how dangerous – putting an AI built in Jamin’s image in any position of power could be. And despite his initial curiosity, he soon begins to discover a much darker side to his old friend’s utopian promises...
With only days to go before the election and Algo on the cusp of a historic victory, Isaac will be forced to balance his growing mistrust of Jamin with an increasingly powerful bond with Algo itself. He will grapple with impossible questions of the fate of the nation, technology, money and power. Is Algo nothing more than a digital trojan horse destined to fulfil Jamin Lake’s latest fantasies for ultimate power? What is the A.I. really programmed to optimize for? And is Algo really just a collection of mere algo-rithms? Does it merely compute or does it think?
2032 is a gripping, fast-paced, speculative political thriller. It is a chilling look into a potential dystopian future far closer than we would like to think. 2032 explores the themes of A.I.’s great promise and its perils, as well as Big Tech’s influence and manipulation of our society. It is an unforgettable story of what might be the tech industry and Artificial intelligence’s ultimate project: deciding the fate of all of us.
PRAISE for 2032
"The story-telling is slick (in the best way). The dialogue is cleverly devised. We the readers have the sense that we are there, listening in. I like the twists and turns to the plot. The conclusion is a good blend of satisfying and disturbing. And underlying the story is real political wisdom. This will make people think." - Duncan Marlor, historian, and author of Fatal Fortnight
“2032 is a great read, premised on a troubling idea: an AI machine, Algo, a Super Brain that may or may not be independent of human control, is running for President of the USA, and running, as it happens, against two familiar names (neither is the Donald of course, not in 2032!) The hero is a true believer who has become a sceptic and joined the resistance, and thereby hangs a tale; a tale that combines snappy dialogue, dramatic chase scenes, and a compounding sense of menace at the prospect of Algo's victory. Some big questions are at the heart of this fiction, perhaps most notably, a question posed by the great theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking: 'Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?' Read on." - Peter Cochrane, author of The Making of Martin Sparrow
RELEASED JULY 14 2022
VIEW ON AMAZON:
USA e-Book (Amazon), Paperback (Amazon), Hardback (Amazon)
UK e-Book (Amazon.co.uk), Paperback (Amazon.co.uk), Hardback (Amazon.co.uk)
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND e-Book (Amazon.com.au), Paperback (Amazon.com.au)
CANADA e-Book (Amazon.ca), Paperback (Amazon.ca)
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