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   Hello Kurt Weiske!   
      
   ** On Monday 24.03.25 - 07:11, Kurt Weiske wrote to Rob Mccart:   
      
    KW> There's a series of books by William Hertling about an AI   
    KW> being developed - it came out about 10 years ago. I should   
    KW> re-read them and see how it aged.   
      
   Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears     
   (Singularity #1) (English)   
   Hertling, William 9780984755707   
   Liquididea Press 11/19/2011 $14.95   
      
   A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity #2) (English)   
   Hertling, William 9780984755745   
   Liquididea Press 05/24/2012 $13.95   
      
   The Last Firewall (Singularity #3) (English)   
   Hertling, William 9780984755769   
   Liquididea Press 08/05/2013 $13.95   
      
   The Turing Exception (Singularity #4) (English)   
   Hertling, William 9781942097013   
   Liquididea Press 03/05/2015   
      
   Sound interesting.. especially since the author seems to have a     
   technical background..   
      
   "A fifteen year veteran of the technology industry, he holds     
   ten patents on software and internet technology, developed web     
   and social media strategy at Hewlett-Packard, and is a frequent     
   speaker at SXSW Interactive. He's been building online     
   communities since 1986 when he ran seven phones lines into the     
   back of his Apple //e to create an online chat system. An     
   active blogger since 2002, his website, williamhertling.com,     
   receives more than 50,000 visitors a year."   
      
   The last AI-related novel about runaway-AI was:   
      
   Daniel Suarez's Daemon and Freedom(TM),   
      
   ..those two were not bad a bad journey, but the premise of     
   fully autonous/invincible androids and vehicles seemed a bit     
   far-fetched.   
      
      
    KW> I bought the first three books in the series, and now there's a fourth.   
    KW> I'm leery to buy it on Amazon, as they've taken away the ability to   
    KW> download ebooks from the web site.   
      
   Download is still possible, but only to Kindles directly or     
   readable with their online app.   
      
   I just revisted the options for one of their ebooks. I don't     
   like it. It seems that you can only access the material with     
   their "1-Click" ..and that automatically charges your credit     
   card and does not provide an option to confirm your selection     
   or back out!   I had to go through the RETURN process inorder     
   to get my credit card refunded.   
      
      
    KW> I was able to download all of my library and copy it into   
    KW> Calibre - but don't know how to do that with future   
    KW> purchases.   
      
   Yep.. I used to do the few Amazon ebooks did the same way. I     
   processed the file to Calibre and then moved it to my Kobo.   
      
   BTW.. for a more substantive read on AI, check out this:   
      
    The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think   
   the Way We Do | Paperback   
      
   Erik J Larson   
      
   Harvard University Press | Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University   
   Press   
      
   Computers / Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Intelligence - Natural   
   Language Processing /   
   Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects   
   Published Oct 11, 2022   
   9780674278660   
      
      
      
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