Scary. I just finished a German thriller, Das System, by Karl Olsberg. Olsberg is a pseudonym for an author and entrepreneur with a doctorate in artificial intelligence.
The book is about computer suddenly misbehaving - and it's not just the operating systems, it's a creature that consists only of code. Intelligent code.
The story is well-written, pulls you inward and onwards, and is correct in the computing aspects, except for the part of there really being such an "intelligent" program, which I very much doubt. But if there ever is, this book shows why we don't want to have such a program. Brrrr.
A great read, but no link to Amazon. I have an issue with them, and have managed my entire Christmas shopping elsewhere.
2010-12-16
The System
at 22:37
Labels: book report, Germany
2 comments:
I want to read the book - give it to me!
Nope. I just borrowed it from a friend and have to give it back to her ;)
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