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Polypticon, Part I: The Joint Political-Informatic Effort Project

by Byron Rizzo
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798719475066
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 266
  • Original Price: USD 13.24
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 359 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Dystopian

Before artificial intelligence dominates (even more) the world, who will write its code?The decentralized and autonomous philosophy of blockchain and the Internet, applied to massive social control, in a hard science fiction novel full of puppets and puppeteers trying to move the strings.

In a world where the Internet has changed all social interactions, the thought of creating a technological tool for population control is more science than fiction. But also a story that by definition must be plausible. Bringing utopia closer to our reality, asking if it can become a sinister dystopia just by taking a few wrong turns.

Will technocracy be the political solution or another way of control?

Its story will be told through the epistolary format prevailing in the 21st century, that of chats, voice messages, and conversations in anonymous forums. Archives of digital culture, which are embodied in different actors such as programmers, journalists, and politicians. It is their interactions that will shape or limit the capabilities of this AI with the chances of being a new virtual God.

Polypticon collects in its chapters the reactions, negotiations, and experiences between antagonistic ways of understanding the world. From the anachronisms of traditional politics and media to Internet experts; both virtuous and toxic users, and new forms of human interaction. Both socially, politically, technically, and ethically. The logical result of raising an ambitious software, based on blockchain principles, global outsourcing, and open source. The thin line between monitoring and commanding, expressed in the line of code that will program the definitive AI.

Will hackers and influencers, statesmen and programmers, stalkers, and celebrities agree? More importantly, will that artificial intelligence be allowed to be controlled by humans?

The answer, in this series of novels too close to reality in a time of pandemics, institutional instability, the predominance of social networks, and promises as volatile as cryptocurrencies.

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