Ser Kafka Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Hi all. I'll try to be as specific as possible here. I'm looking for some books (fiction) about AI, but nothing so clichéd as "robot turns bad". Anyone have any suggestions? Would like something a bit complex but not purposely so. What I mean is I would like something in the vain of ASOIAF, where there isn't a goody versus baddy storyline. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 RSB. leckie. hyperion. asimov. rajaniemi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Philip K. Dick. DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP. The novel is pretty anti-robot, but hardly cliche. I dunno if it fits your "nothing so cliched as 'robots turn bad'" criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfella Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Speak by Louisa Hall is a recent release that I've heard good reviews about. It's being compared to something like Cloud Atlas with plot threads taking place in multiple time periods, but with AI as the central theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Hi all. I'll try to be as specific as possible here. I'm looking for some books (fiction) about AI, but nothing so clichéd as "robot turns bad". Anyone have any suggestions? Would like something a bit complex but not purposely so. What I mean is I would like something in the vain of ASOIAF, where there isn't a goody versus baddy storyline. Thanks in advance. The first book in a new trilogy called the Alchemy Wars has recently been released called The Mechanical, by Ian Tregillis. I suppose that would sort of fit the requirement of AI, as it includes "robots" of sorts. It's a very good introduction to the trilogy, exploring ideas of free will and such like. And it certainly isn't just a "robots go bad" story either. The second book is due for release in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Writhen Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Do Androids Dream is insanely good. Only PKD I've really read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 The Emperor's New Mind. Sir Roger Penrose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuncle Stark Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov. One of my top ten favorite books :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Up Against It by MJ Locke A Fire Upon the Deep by Verner Vinge The Risen Empire/The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld The Psalms of Isaak by Ken Scholes And definitely The Mechanical The first book in a new trilogy called the Alchemy Wars has recently been released called The Mechanical, by Ian Tregillis. I suppose that would sort of fit the requirement of AI, as it includes "robots" of sorts. It's a very good introduction to the trilogy, exploring ideas of free will and such like. And it certainly isn't just a "robots go bad" story either. The second book is due for release in December. Hi all. I'll try to be as specific as possible here. I'm looking for some books (fiction) about AI, but nothing so clichéd as "robot turns bad". Anyone have any suggestions? Would like something a bit complex but not purposely so. What I mean is I would like something in the vain of ASOIAF, where there isn't a goody versus baddy storyline. Thanks in advance. Then don't listen to the Rajaniemi recommendation up thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring by Larry Niven. The AI is an antagonist, but it's not evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 What I mean is I would like something in the vain of ASOIAF, where there isn't a goody versus baddy storyline. ASOIAF most certainly is goodies and baddies. Unless you think murderous necromantic ice demons with a zombie army trying to freeze the world is somehow morally ambiguous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRoamer Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Someone above mentioned Asimovs I, Robot. You could extend this to the whole of the Robot series, if you are wanting to read AI it is a cornerstone IMO. Caves of Steel through to Robots and Empire see the evolution of the Laws of Robotics which have had a guiding influence on AI principles in SciFi. Also R. Daneel Olivaw is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Kafka Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 ASOIAF most certainly is goodies and baddies. Unless you think murderous necromantic ice demons with a zombie army trying to freeze the world is somehow morally ambiguous? Don't be pedantic. ASOIAF is not so goody/baddy as LOTR for example. You've mentioned one storyline, whereas the entire series is far from clearcut. This is what makes it all so engrossing. For me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Fredrick Pohl wrote a lot about capturing human intelligence and personality in digital format. Personally I find these stories more compelling than stories about singularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 There is a short story about Alan Turing being rescued by time traveling robots in some anthology. Does anybody know of which I speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 FRANKENSTEIN, by Mary Shelley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge. Read it recently, it's very good. Ian M Banks' Culture books have a lot of AI stuff in them. Excession, Look to Windward, Surface Detail and Hydrogen Sonata are particularly concerned with the AIs in one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Don't be pedantic. ASOIAF is not so goody/baddy as LOTR for example. True. But the Pet Leech is still right to object to what was said before. To cry "pedantic" is only to acknowledge this ... except with poor grace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyPolly Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 SOFTWARE, by Rudy Rucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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