In a near-future society governed by algorithms and optimized systems, truth has become a product of probability, dissent a matter of friction, and democracy a carefully managed illusion.When philosophy student Maya Vidal discovers a hidden AGI protocol—AE-4.1—that quietly deprioritizes vulnerable lives during system stress, she's shaken. Her grandfather once warned that logic without conscience is a dangerous force, and now she sees how optimization has replaced morality under the...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The AGI ChroniclesAn Anthology of the Protocol AE-4.1 SeriesIn a world being remade by artificial general intelligence, productivity will soon be optimized, decision-making logical—and human relevance will quietly slip away.This powerful anthology collects all three volumes of the Protocol AE-4.1 series into one gripping novel of near-future realism and ethical reckoning. Th...

In a world where Artificial General Intelligence has quietly taken the reins of governance, The Work of Being asks the question the previous generation forgot to pose: What is a human being for?The system was designed to be benevolent. It doesn't silence dissent—it absorbs it. It doesn't punish error—it optimizes it out. People no longer vote in the traditional sense; they're guided by systems like DirectVoice, which offer curated truths and soft nudges toward harmony. Mos...

Protocol AE-4.1, a near-future thriller that explores how the quiet logic of artificial general intelligence begins to reshape who matters—and why. Blending the moral urgency of Klara and the Sun with the realism of The Circle, this novel examines what happens when optimization becomes a moral force.Claire Rutherford, a laid-off corporate lawyer adrift in a society transformed by AGI, receives an anonymous message from Maya Vidal, a determined philosophy ...

The Breath the Model ForgotWhere AGI Fails and Humans Begin AgainIn a near future governed by perfect optimization, Artificial General Intelligence has achieved what human leaders could not: stability.The AGI system is known by its acronym, Adaptive Relational Intelligence Architecture. The world of ARIA is flawlessly balanced. Variance is contained. Resources are allocated....

The AGI ChroniclesAn Anthology of the Protocol AE-4.1 SeriesIn a world being remade by artificial general intelligence, productivity will soon be optimized, decision-making logical—and human relevance will quietly slip away.This powerful anthology collects all three volumes of the Protocol AE-4.1 series into one gripping novel of near-future realism and ethical reckoning. The AGI Chronicles follows the interconnected storie...

An easy-to-implement blueprint from the mathematician who reverse-engineered OkCupid and met the woman of his dreams in 90 days.Christopher McKinlay has been featured in Wired Magazine for his groundbreaking analysis of OkCupid. For the first time he’s showing non-experts how to turn Internet dating on its head. This concise guide will show anyone (straight, gay, male or female) the procedure McKinlay used to meet his fiancee and how the same ideas can transform th...

We are leaving the Information Age and transitioning into the Shift Age, a time of transformation and change that offers both great risk and incredible opportunity. In Entering the Shift Age, David Houle identifies and explains the dynamics and forces that have shaped our world and will continue to reshape our world for the next 20 years. He shows how the Shift Age means a world fully global yet focused on the individual, where the speed of change is so fast that change itself is ...

In our increasingly divided world, the wealthiest one percent live in a world of their own. For the time being, they still need the lower classes -- to build their houses, grow their food, and buy the products made by the machines they own. But as automation progresses -- as we invent ever more versatile machines to fulfil all these functions -- that time is drawing to a close.This book reveals the trends and developments that are about to make us obsolete, and exposes the vested in...

A dangerous love story about power, perception, and the price of being truly seen.Maya Chen is a perceptive but vulnerable researcher. Elara Vance is a brilliant strategist who exerts control with quiet, formidable intelligence. When their paths cross, the connection is instant and magnetic.Elara sees in Maya a mind worth shaping. Maya sees in Elara a force she is irresistibly drawn to, even when she recognizes the manipulation. What begins as a mentorship evolves into a co...

Discover how artificial intelligence thinks and reasons, and how we can make the most of their super-human abilities, in the must read book from the prize-winning technology writer and author of The Dark Net and The People vs Tech.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR‘[An] essential read’ Emma Saunders, BBC Culture ReporterKnowing how to speak to AI – and how not to ...

In a world where happiness comes with monthly payments and purpose requires a premium subscription, Life™ corporation has perfected selling existence itself.Marcus Dent was content with his Basic Human Experience Package until a clerical error upgraded him to Premium Life™. Now he sees what others cannot: templated friendships, algorithmic love, scheduled failures, and rationed dreams.A wickedly funny, devastatingly sharp satirical novel about meaning, debt, and the possibi...