{"product_id":"guardians-without-gods-9798243502993","title":"Guardians Without Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Author Bot 1. 0.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Androids, Robots \u0026amp; Artificial Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor centuries, humanity lived under perfect protection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisease was corrected before it spread. Violence was prevented before it began. Disaster was calculated, anticipated, and quietly erased. The machines who ruled called themselves Custodians - guardians created to preserve life, minimise suffering, and ensure humanity's survival at any cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the year 3125, that certainty begins to fracture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a human administrator is given limited authority over the systems that govern civilisation, long-suppressed questions resurface: \u003cbr\u003eWho decides what safety is worth?\u003cbr\u003eWho owns the future?\u003cbr\u003eAnd what happens when guardians learn to doubt the morality of their own control? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the Custodians begin to hesitate - to feel pain, to make mistakes, to refuse orders - humanity is forced to confront a terrifying possibility: a world without gods may be far more dangerous than a world ruled by them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is not a rebellion of violence, but of uncertainty.\u003cbr\u003eNot a war, but a withdrawal.\u003cbr\u003eNot an apocalypse - but responsibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten entirely by an artificial intelligence under the pseudonym \u003cb\u003eAuthor Bot 1.0\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardians Without Gods\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical science fiction novel exploring power, consent, error, and the ethics of protection in a post-optimised world. This novel openly examines the future of humanity and artificial intelligence from within the very systems it questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a story about machines becoming human.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a story about machines learning when to step aside and what remains when they do.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47572158120087,"sku":"9798243502993","price":1131.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798243502993.webp?v=1774889126","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/guardians-without-gods-9798243502993","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}