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The Fall of Colossus

Colossus Trilogy Series, Book 2

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The hugely powerful and pervasive presence of the Colossus supercomputer mechanically runs Earth and its myriad operations. Managed by its creator, Dr. Charles Forbin, it is incapable of lies and void of human emotion. It is not a robot and not human. As part of its brief to enhance the human race, it runs eerie emotion research centers, authorizing acts of savagery to measure resistance and feeling. Art and abstract creation are banned, and surveillance is constant. No one is free. The power of Colossus is spiraling out of control. The Sect worship it as a God, enforcing its word at every opportunity and seeking out traitors. The Fellowship secretly oppose it as a force of evil, and they risk their lives in a concentrated effort to destroy it and escape its domination. Meanwhile, as Forbin becomes increasingly disillusioned with what he has unleashed on the world, his wife, Cleo, becomes distant, with disastrous consequences.

©1974 D. F. Jones (P)2017 Tantor First Contact Science Fiction Technothrillers Thriller & Suspense Fiction Technology Thriller Emotions
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A good sequel to the original book and film. It is written certainly of its time but is none the less how a AI could behave. If placed now however an AI would have far more of a all enveloping eye over the world. The story also has some strong sexual tests that would be thought of as politically incorrect now. Overall I liked to listen to this and would recommend it to those interested in AI and a battle against them even though the opposition is unlikely to exist.

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