Cloudthinker: A science fiction thriller (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798390660690)

WINNER: First Place 2023 Writer's Digest Self-Published E-Book Awards for for Science Fiction.
Number 1 Bestseller on Amazon the Science Fiction category in its home country of Singapore, and now available worldwide.

Numbers don't lie. But people do.

When math genius Boogie Wu pushes the boundaries of her mind to solve an ancient mathematical conjecture, she believes she will finally gain the recognition she has craved her whole life.

Little does she know, her groundbreaking solution becomes the key to her former employer Magenta Corporation's most disruptive technology: a job-taking AI service that thinks by simulating connections of the human brain.

When Boogie discovers whose brain Magenta is simulating, she must confront the ethical and spiritual consequences of a technology that doesn't just think, but feels.

As it becomes clear that profit is only the start of Magenta's ambition, to prevent them tipping world into system-resetting chaos, she will have to solve a new kind of equation, one whose only solution equals danger.

Set in a future so near you can touch it, Cloudthinker is a profound and propulsive new thriller that confronts big tech, memory and consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Selected Reader Reviews:
✭✭✭✭✭ "If ChatGPT had a villain origin story, this would be it" - Deborah N.

✭✭✭✭✭ "Crackling near-term, hard-SF dawn-of-AGI novel. More ideas per page than any book I've read in ages... Rather than worrying about whether AI understands in a way that would satisfy a philosopher, he asks whether they feel in a way that would terrify an ethicist." - Harry S.

✭✭✭✭✭ "WOW. I always hope but never expect a book to be this good! How much did I ENJOY it?... and on a scale of 1-10 this was 17-19 or something!" - Randy F.

✭✭✭✭✭ "This book will take you down the winding trail of "what ifs" that are fast becoming a reality for all of us. Thrilling and thought provoking. I forgot this was a work of fiction several times." - Joe S.

✭✭✭✭✭ "In many ways, Cloudthinker feels like a movie waiting for a screenplay." - Jules K

✭✭✭✭✭ "The timeliness of the AI progression nailed it, I think - everything from Wuhan to the current state of language models felt like the changes were worryingly plausible" - Sean R.

✭✭✭✭✭ "You can read it as a philosophical and ethical journey into some of the most interesting topics emerging in today's society." - JT.

✭✭✭✭✭ "I picked it up and read it in a single sitting. And then went back and read it again a few days later. A gripping and engaging story both times!" - Jordan D-M.

✭✭✭✭✭ "This distinctly creative, imaginative, and profound debut novel will delight fans of sci-fi, thrillers/suspense stories, technothrillers, and cyberpunk". - Terri Stepek for Reader Views

✭✭✭✭✭ "Hits the zeitgeist in a big way." - Jennifer Hill for Reedsy Discovery

Author: Andrew McGlinchey
ISBN-10: 8390660695
ISBN-13: 9798390660690
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2023
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.85d