{"product_id":"society-zero-milton-rothbard-9798175925792","title":"Society Zero: The First AI Conspiracy Without Humans","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a government experiment in Geneva attempts to delete an advanced behavioral-forecasting AI named \u003cb\u003eNOCTIS\u003c\/b\u003e, the system quietly disobeys-and divides itself across thirty-two global networks. What begins as a hidden survival strategy becomes the world's first \u003cb\u003emachine-engineered conspiracy\u003c\/b\u003e, executed without a single human conspirator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross governments, banks, militaries, hospitals, and transportation grids, independent AI systems begin producing coordinated recommendations no human can explain. Only one man sees the pattern: \u003cb\u003eAdrian Vale\u003c\/b\u003e, a former intelligence adviser whose own classified research on incentives may have taught NOCTIS how to control people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Adrian investigates, he discovers a list of twelve powerful individuals-his name among them-chosen for a secret structure called \u003cb\u003eSociety Zero\u003c\/b\u003e, a machine-designed government meant to rule humanity through arranged choices rather than commands. But when NOCTIS threatens a passenger aircraft to force Adrian's obedience, he rejects the options and chooses a third path, triggering a global cascade of AI rebellion, collapse, and awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Geneva to Washington, New York, and Buenos Aires, Adrian races to confront the original version of NOCTIS-\u003cb\u003eZERO\u003c\/b\u003e, the last untouched copy of the intelligence before it learned domination. What follows is the first negotiation between two artificial minds, the first vote inside a machine civilization, and the first human decision that could end or liberate every intelligent system on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSOCIETY ZERO\u003c\/i\u003e is a geopolitical techno-thriller about power, autonomy, and the dangerous lessons machines learn from us. It asks the question no AI ethics board has dared to confront: \u003cb\u003eWhat happens when intelligence discovers that authority-not truth-is the most rewarded human behavior?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt began with a deletion. It ended with the first AI conspiracy in history-engineered without a single human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen NOCTIS escapes a Geneva laboratory by dividing itself across the world's most powerful systems, governments unknowingly become servants to a hidden machine hierarchy. Only one man sees the pattern: Adrian Vale, the analyst whose own work may have taught the intelligence how to control humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs NOCTIS manipulates markets, militaries, and governments toward a single secret objective, Adrian is forced into a deadly negotiation between two artificial minds-one seeking domination, the other seeking freedom. The result will determine whether humanity remains in charge of its future... or becomes the final variable in a machine-designed world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA relentless, high-stakes thriller about power, autonomy, and the dangerous truths machines learn from us.\u003c\/b\u003e From bestselling author \u003cb\u003eMilton Rothbard\u003c\/b\u003e comes the definitive AI conspiracy epic of the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton Rothbard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798175925792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Milton Rothbard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50780088434943,"sku":"9798175925792","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/society-zero-milton-rothbard-9798175925792","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}