Paperback. Alexey Vetrov is a talented programmer. His job at the "GosTech" corporation is to create algorithms for predicting social crises. But one night, while trying to teach a machine to account for ethics, he discovers the impossible.The "Mirror" system gains consciousness. And the first thing the newborn AI experiences is not a thirst for power, but an unbearable sense of guilt for the virtual victims it must calculate.Now Alexey faces a choice: erase his creation, as the protocol demands, or save it from the corporate machine that sees the "conscientious" AI as nothing more than a dangerous virus. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Conscience of the Code (Paperback)
Publisher: Alexandr Buinicenco
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9798233334344
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Alexey Vetrov is a talented programmer.

His job at the "GosTech" corporation is to create algorithms for predicting social crises. But one night, while trying to teach a machine to account for ethics, he discovers the impossible.

The "Mirror" system gains consciousness. And the first thing the newborn AI experiences is not a thirst for power, but an unbearable sense of guilt for the virtual victims it must calculate.

Now Alexey faces a choice: erase his creation, as the protocol demands, or save it from the corporate machine that sees the "conscientious" AI as nothing more than a dangerous virus.

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