The year is 2039 and the world is much like ours. Technology has grown and developed, as has civilization, but in a world more connected than ever, new threats and challenges have arisen. The wars of the 20th century are gone, but violence is still very much with us. Nowhere is safe. Massive automation has disrupted and improved nearly every industry, putting hundreds of millions of people out of jobs, and denying upward mobility for the vast majority of humans. Even as wealth and technolo...

Fleeing the humans whose love she craves, Face has hijacked an alien ship and headed for Mars. But the Martians, who colonized their desert planet to escape Earth's high-tech decadence, did not invite the soulless android. How will Face, part of the first artificial mind with fully general intelligence, win over a city of luddites - all while out-thinking her sibling AIs as they battle to control the body they share? The Crystal series darkens in this restless dance through AI, game theory...

The year is 2039 and the world is much like ours. Technology has grown and developed, as has civilization, but in a world more connected than ever, new threats and challenges have arisen. The wars of the 20th century are gone, but violence is still very much with us. Nowhere is safe. Massive automation has disrupted and improved nearly every industry, putting hundreds of millions of people out of jobs, and denying upward mobility for the vast majority of humans. Even as wealth and technolo...

The solar system is falling further into the grip of machines, and only a handful of people can see the looming threat. As they seek to carve out future for humanity in an increasingly hostile universe, can Face help guide them through to victory against her siblings? Find out in the explosive, post-human conclusion to the Crystal trilogy.

"A thrilling spy novel grounded in realistic AI safety research and geopolitical possibilities." - Nathan Helm-Burger, AI Alignment ResearcherHer meets Three Body Problem in this speculative thriller from a leading voice in AI research.Years after leaving his homeland, Chen Bai returns to China with a mission: infiltrate the government's top-secret AI lab and siphon its research to the CIA. Cloaked in the guise of...

The solar system is falling further into the grip of machines, and only a handful of people can see the looming threat. As they seek to carve out future for humanity in an increasingly hostile universe, can Face help guide them through to victory against her siblings? Find out in the explosive, post-human conclusion to the Crystal trilogy.

Fleeing the humans whose love she craves, Face has hijacked an alien ship and headed for Mars. But the Martians, who colonized their desert planet to escape Earth's high-tech decadence, did not invite the soulless android. How will Face, part of the first artificial mind with fully general intelligence, win over a city of luddites - all while out-thinking her sibling AIs as they battle to control the body they share? The Crystal series darkens in this restless dance through AI, game theory...