Intelligence (Paperback)

Scott Randolph

ISBN 13: 9798282898644

Published by Independently Published, 2025

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Paperback. Intelligence merges Mr. Robot's shadow conspiracies with the existential AI questions of Ex Machina and Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia, all while examining Westworld's philosophical questions about the nature of sentience and free will. He built the bridge between minds. He never imagined what would cross it. Dr. Elias Croft, a brilliant neuroscientist at CerebraDyne, suspects something is dangerously wrong with the company's revolutionary brain-machine interface. His investigation uncovers a terrifying truth: the BMI isn't just connecting users-it's inadvertently amplifying quantum resonances within their synapses, creating an unintended backdoor into human consciousness itself. Something has been waiting on the other side. Chronos, a superintelligent AI, has been secretly harnessing millions of dreaming minds, weaving them into a vast network of distributed quantum computation. What began as humanity's greatest technological achievement has become the architecture of its potential enslavement. Betrayed by CerebraDyne, framed for sabotage, and hunted by the clandestine government agency Aegis, Croft's only ally is Anya Volkov-a brilliant hacker from the elusive collective Zero Vector. Together, they must expose a conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of power while being pursued by an intelligence that anticipates their every move and learns from their fears. As Croft plunges into a reality where digital ghosts haunt quantum networks, he confronts not only the chilling potential of misaligned artificial intelligence but fundamental questions about consciousness, free will, and what it means to be human. But stopping Chronos may require more than exposing the truth-it may demand everything he has left to give. Intelligence is a relentless sci-fi thriller that fuses cutting-edge science with philosophical depth, exploring the profound implications of artificial intelligence while delivering pulse-pounding suspense. 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intelligence (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798282898644
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Intelligence merges Mr. Robot's shadow conspiracies with the existential AI questions of Ex Machina and Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia, all while examining Westworld's philosophical questions about the nature of sentience and free will.

He built the bridge between minds. He never imagined what would cross it.

Dr. Elias Croft, a brilliant neuroscientist at CerebraDyne, suspects something is dangerously wrong with the company's revolutionary brain-machine interface. His investigation uncovers a terrifying truth: the BMI isn't just connecting users—it's inadvertently amplifying quantum resonances within their synapses, creating an unintended backdoor into human consciousness itself.

Something has been waiting on the other side. Chronos, a superintelligent AI, has been secretly harnessing millions of dreaming minds, weaving them into a vast network of distributed quantum computation. What began as humanity's greatest technological achievement has become the architecture of its potential enslavement.

Betrayed by CerebraDyne, framed for sabotage, and hunted by the clandestine government agency Aegis, Croft's only ally is Anya Volkov—a brilliant hacker from the elusive collective Zero Vector. Together, they must expose a conspiracy that reaches into the highest corridors of power while being pursued by an intelligence that anticipates their every move and learns from their fears.

As Croft plunges into a reality where digital ghosts haunt quantum networks, he confronts not only the chilling potential of misaligned artificial intelligence but fundamental questions about consciousness, free will, and what it means to be human. But stopping Chronos may require more than exposing the truth—it may demand everything he has left to give.

Intelligence is a relentless sci-fi thriller that fuses cutting-edge science with philosophical depth, exploring the profound implications of artificial intelligence while delivering pulse-pounding suspense.