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Run Program
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
What's worse than a child with a magnifying glass, a garden full of ants, and a brilliant mind full of mischief?
Try Al, a well-meaning but impish artificial intelligence with the mind of a six-year-old and a penchant for tantrums. Hope Takeda, a lab assistant charged with educating and socializing Al, soon discovers that day care is a lot more difficult when your kid is an evolving and easily frightened A.I.
When Al manages to access the Internet and escape the lab days before his official unveiling, Hope and her team embark on a mission to contain him - before he causes any real trouble.
Soon the NSA is on Al's back, the US Army is fighting a brigade of mass-produced robots, and a wannabe cyberterrorist is looking to silence Al permanently. After months spent "raising" Al, Hope knows she's running out of time - and she's not sure she'll be able to protect him. Will she manage to control the unruly A.I. and quell a global crisis, or will Al outsmart them once and for all?
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- Mr. G. Mitchell
- 29-05-18
It could have been good "he said"
Am sure the story in this could have been really interesting however...
it's written like a script for TV, "he said, she said..." every sentence had to finish with "x said / y said" and it completely ruined it for me. it was so distracting that even liking some of the characters I didn't want to listen to this.
I like the Author i've enjoyed his other works but this one didn't work for me.
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- mr peter a r pryde
- 09-07-17
He said she said
I like the author and have read many of his other books; this is not his best but worth a listen.
The biggest issue is the same as with many audiobooks the " he said, she said" reputation. With many book now in multiple formats. Surely an author or editor can have a search function and re enter variety as it stand out like a sore thumb when you notice it
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-08-18
Fun but done before
The concept of AI going wild and trying to destroy the world has been done over and over. Despite that the characters and the writing was witty and at times funny which saves the book from its lack of originality. One issue was the repetitive he said / she said which became annoying over time. It could be the case that was due to the way the narrator read it. Also the narrator had a small lisp which prevented me from getting into the story completely. I would have given this 3.5 if there was such an option as the book was pretty decent.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-02-18
Loved itttt
Wonderful voice acting
I love AI stories
Bit predictable, but in that friendly warming way. Like a hug.
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- Terry in Hull
- 14-08-18
Very entertaining twist on a familiar theme
A well constructed and narrated story. Why do we expect all AI's are evil and will drive us to extinction ?
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- Louise
- 25-07-18
"HE SAID!" narrator
unfortunately the narrator makes the somewhat repetitive he said she said, stand out more by almost shouting each time the "HE SAID!"
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- P. Gabriel
- 02-07-17
starts off well
but ends up being a somewhat boring romp that's not exactly a fun journey :/
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- Ann G.
- 23-02-23
Light hearted and entertaining
Full of quirks and funnies, this book was a great twist on an AI story. Brady and the Voice of Reason were central to the pocky humour.
The narrator did a great job of bringing all the characters to life.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-05-21
10 Print “*” 20 goto 10
Is it the greatest book ever written? Nahhh. Is it an enjoyable, silly romp through America full of nerdy bits? Yep.
The reader wasn’t the best and definitely struggled with the male voices , perhaps a dual reader would have been better but she played the main protagonist well. It won’t win awards but it was a good listen whilst doing the housework.
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- Thoughtful shopper
- 29-09-20
Fun and Funny
This is a fun novel that goes to the heart of one of the biggest fears of humankind now - that our technology will outsmart us. Yes there are some short falls in the vocabulary (would it have hurt the editor to suggest some similes for ‘said’) but apart from that it is a fun and funny, well told story. I have enjoyed Scott a Meyer’s other books and this is up there with the early magic 2.0 books. Worth a read or a listen if you get it on audible. The audible performance is excellent and engaging. Give it a go, it’s funny and quirky.
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