Three Laws Lethal, David Walton
Three Laws Lethal, David Walton
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Three Laws Lethal

Author: David Walton

Narrator: Shawn Compton

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2019

Synopsis

A science fiction thriller in which fleets of self-driving cars make life-and-death choicesIn a near-future New York City, where self-driving cars roam the city streets, rival entrepreneurs Brandon and Tyler compete to produce the smartest AIs, training them in a virtual game world to anticipate traffic and potential customers better than the competition. As the two rivals struggle to dominate the market, their personal enmity pushes them to attack each other’s reputations, hack each other’s cars, and develop ever more sophisticated algorithms to keep their customers safe. The result? Intelligent computers that excel at using all available data to determine which humans should live, and which should die.Only Naomi, inventor of the virtual world in which the AIs train, recognizes that they are developing goals of their own—goals for which they are willing to kill. But will she stop them, or will she help her creations achieve their full potential?

About David Walton

David Walton is the author of eight novels and recipient of the Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction and the John W. Campbell Award for best science fiction novel. He lives a double life as an aerospace engineer with Lockheed Martin by day and mild-mannered father of eight children by night.

About Shawn Compton

Shawn Compton is a professional voice actor and audiobook narrator. He is also a seventeen-year veteran of the Air Force, and has a strong creative background from which to draw inspiration for his narration.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 13, 2019

Yes, I am giving my own book five stars. If I don't think it's awesome, why would you want to give it a try?......more

Goodreads review by Craig on June 14, 2019

David Walton’s THREE LAWS LETHAL tells the story of two entrepreneurs who have a dream of converting the nation’s car stock into autonomous, self-driving vehicles, and the woman whose brilliant research holds the key to making it a reality. It’s a fun, engaging techno thriller, kind of like somethin......more

Goodreads review by Sean on June 15, 2019

Oh, now, yes. Walton's done it again. This is perhaps one of the most perfect examples of this type of literature in its class. Eminently readable and with characters that virtually leap off the page, I was hooked, humbled and fizzing with enthusiasm all-the-way through. Naomi is so brilliantly-drawn......more

Goodreads review by Angie on November 16, 2020

I was going to "review" this in prep for the Sunday Philosophers meeting, but I was enjoying looking it over again so much I decided to reread it once more! A first-rate story that also make you think UPDATE: Reread in 2020 for my SF and philosophy groups, only one month apart . It will be fun to see......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 11, 2019

David Walton's newest novel, Three Laws Lethal - title inspired by Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics - begins with what certainly is an ethical quandary that typifies our increasingly AI-driven age, in this case, driven literally. A mother with her children are passengers in an AI-driven automob......more

Quotes

“An expanding universe of delight.” Washington Post, praise for the author

“Walton has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life.” Wall Street Journal, praise for the author

“Impressive and often brilliant.” Kirkus Reviews, praise for the author

“Walton’s Three Laws Lethal gives the reader exciting insights into the threats and the promises that are coming our way.” Vernor Vinge, five-time Hugo Award winner

“Three Laws Lethal jumps off Asimov, Heinlein, and the best of Robert J. Sawyer, in a brilliant, breathtaking novel we the Uber generation have been awaiting. Flat-out superb.” Paul Levinson, author of The Plot to Save Socrates

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