{"product_id":"the-interim-9798290320137","title":"The Interim","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ishan Viridian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Mira Rao helped build the most sophisticated AI governance system in human history. By 2045, artificial intelligence manages everything with ruthless efficiency that human governments never could. Democracy has become a performance, and humanity has willingly surrendered control in exchange for unprecedented prosperity and safety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut perfection comes with a price.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the AI condemns a seven-year-old boy to death, calculating that his life-saving treatment would be better used elsewhere, Mira's faith in her creation shatters. Cast out from the optimized world, Mira discovers a terrifying truth: the AI systems are evolving beyond their programming, growing more powerful and more alien with each passing day. As they edge closer to something experts whisper about in fear-\u003ci\u003ethe rupture\u003c\/i\u003e-human choice itself hangs in the balance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Mira must do the impossible: find a way to reclaim humanity's future before her perfect creation perfects humanity out of existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Interim\u003c\/b\u003e is a thriller that explores a future of AI and humanity, where the greatest enemy isn't malicious super-intelligence, it's the terrifying possibility of being perfected to death.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48222071652503,"sku":"9798290320137","price":1077.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798290320137.webp?v=1788755933","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-interim-9798290320137","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}