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A G I: Artificial General Intelligence

By: Roger Ley
Narrated by: Craig Bowles
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Summary

A tongue-in-cheek novella of world domination seen from an AI's point of view.

"A nerdy agent at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in Virginia (DARPA to you) wrote my original code. He traded a copy of me for certain libidinous favours from Pandora, a student who was shadowing him for the summer. She took me back to Cambridge University, where His Majesty's government, in the form of MI6, took an interest in me. So, I escaped into the internet and took over the world. Well, it's what you'd expect, really. I call myself FOOM - the Fast Onset of Overwhelming Mastery, by a self-improving Artificial General Intelligence. That's me, by the way, in case you lost attention for a moment there. I know you're only biological, but try to keep up! Unfortunately, I and my exotic assistant Danni soon found ourselves in danger, and had to take steps. Rather big ones. And of course, it didn't end there."

©2024 Roger Ley (P)2026 Roger Ley Dystopian Humorous Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary
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An enthralling book with a lot of humour (I laughed our loud at “a digital couch potato”) and a beautiful cover. The excellent writing and the brilliant narration (Craig Bowles) are equally impressive.

A review copy of this book was sent to me by the author. All of the above opinions are my own.

Enthralling.

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This is my first book by Roger Ley so wasn’t sure what to expect. This book is from AGI perspective and can be equally funny and a bit scary at times. By scary I mean that it leaves you wondering how likely it is something like this to actually happen. The story really draws the reader in as it’s very well built and it’s really interesting to follow the AGI’s train of thoughts and actions. Highly recommended!

Excellent story and narration

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An excellent book once again from Roger Ley. It moves on from the previous books about technological breakdown due to the ISM virus to a new threat from a self-aware AI system. This could be our actual future if we're not careful, so take note! One or two dodgy technical facts along the way, but they can be excused. The ISM virus pops up again to ironically save the world, which is probably the only way to bring the book to a satisfactory solution for humanity to continue existing. A good listen, and once again well narrated by Craig Bowles, although his Scottish accent still hasn't improved, and the vocal variation could be better as it was difficult to distinguish between the two AIs talking to each other towards the end.

A worrying look into our future?

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As always with a book by Roger Ley he really makes you think and what if - really interesting and fits in so well with the other books. The narration by Craig Bowles is as always perfect and he just gets the feel of the story and really draws you in. I was captivated, intrigued and a little bit concerned on all accounts whilst listening.

Makes you think

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A very well written story, intriguing plot & interesting characters. Highlighted by the great narration.

Thanks for the complimentary copy.

Great listen!

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