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Anyone remember the title of the book where a game developer dying of some terminal disease and releases the in game AI to the internet. It then starts it's ow
by sliken 6y ago
Anyone remember the title of the book where a game developer dying of some terminal disease and releases the in game AI to the internet. It then starts it's own currency, has people invest sustainability and renewable energy, and the rest of the world just goes to hell as it takes over.
Each chapter has the current gas prices, at some point the AI buys up a bunch of dirt cheap gas sedans and weaponizes them. Invests in 3d printing, augmented reality (so people can see extra metadata and recognize other members), and identifies things it needs to further it's goals, rewards people for providing it, and basically sets up a new society to survive the crash.
Later in the book it starts bribing minimum wage workers in large corporations to help the AI out. The AI ends up owning the networks of the corporate attackers.
Pretty good book, my google fu hasn't been up to the task of finding it.
- sliken 6y agoDaemon by Daniel Suarez.