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In William Gibson's latest novel, "Agency", there is an underlying theme of the newly emergent AI being able to evade the eavesdropping of the corporation that

In William Gibson's latest novel, "Agency", there is an underlying theme of the newly emergent AI being able to evade the eavesdropping of the corporation that spawned her. Later, she cooks up an unbreakable secure comms tech for the human beings in her network. As well, in the part of the novel that takes place in the future, evading SIGINT plays a significant part of the story, as well. Note: "The Peripheral" is the novel that precedes "Agency", so it would be best to read it first, to better grok the world WG builds. I highly recommend all his books.

6stringmerc 2y ago
Thanks for mentioning these books as I came across “Virtual Light” by William Gibson in jail and found it a very accomplished novel and his craft at a high level. Also it finally clicked to me why the mainframes were called Gibsons in the film “Hackers” as I grew up not being exposed to his books (though now I actively have them on my to read list).
- MrMcCall 2y ago
  Cool, I've been listening to the last 1.5hr or so of Idoru recently (sequel to Virtual Light). I really like Rez's bodyguard Blackwell. Gibson's description, in Idoru, of Slitscan's audience is one of my favorite pieces of Gibson's writing, which is always about "the now" of when he wrote it. That particular description happens to be a really, really good description of the modern GOP. I also recommend his collection of non-fiction magazine writings and paid talks, "Distrust that Particular Flavor". The important thing about Gibson is that his heart shines through all his work, and -- boy, oh boy! -- does this 2025 world need more heart! Thanks popping up on my radar. Who knows where fate will lead us? Peace be with you, brother. May you be blessed with all healing, health, and prosperity!
boznz 2y ago
Same in my book where even had a whole department of the NSA dedicated to detecting sentient AI's

6stringmerc 2y ago

Thanks for mentioning these books as I came across “Virtual Light” by William Gibson in jail and found it a very accomplished novel and his craft at a high level. Also it finally clicked to me why the mainframes were called Gibsons in the film “Hackers” as I grew up not being exposed to his books (though now I actively have them on my to read list).

MrMcCall 2y ago
Cool, I've been listening to the last 1.5hr or so of Idoru recently (sequel to Virtual Light). I really like Rez's bodyguard Blackwell. Gibson's description, in Idoru, of Slitscan's audience is one of my favorite pieces of Gibson's writing, which is always about "the now" of when he wrote it. That particular description happens to be a really, really good description of the modern GOP. I also recommend his collection of non-fiction magazine writings and paid talks, "Distrust that Particular Flavor". The important thing about Gibson is that his heart shines through all his work, and -- boy, oh boy! -- does this 2025 world need more heart! Thanks popping up on my radar. Who knows where fate will lead us? Peace be with you, brother. May you be blessed with all healing, health, and prosperity!

boznz 2y ago

Same in my book where even had a whole department of the NSA dedicated to detecting sentient AI's