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Colossus by D. F. Jones - September 1976
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New York: Berkley, September 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Berkley Medallion Edition. Second Printing. Z3229. Good+. Pages tanned but unmarked. Creases to spine and hinges. Damp stain to rear edge of spine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 223 pages.
Charles Forbin has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the construction of his own supercomputer, Colossus, rejecting romantic and social endeavors in order to create the United States' very first Artificially Intelligent defense system. Colossus is a supercomputer capable of in-taking and analyzing data rapidly, allowing it to make real time decisions about the nation's defense. But Colossus soon exceeds even Forbin's calculated expectations, learning to think independently of the Colossus Programming Office, processing data over one hundred times faster than Forbin and his team had originally anticipated. The President hands off full control of the nation's missiles and other defense protocols to Colossus and makes the announcement to the world that he has ensured peace. However, the USSR quickly announces that it too has a supercomputer, Guardian, with capabilities similar to that of Colossus. Forbin is concerned when Colossus asks to communicate with Guardian. The computer he built shouldn't be able to ask at all . . .
Charles Forbin has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the construction of his own supercomputer, Colossus, rejecting romantic and social endeavors in order to create the United States' very first Artificially Intelligent defense system. Colossus is a supercomputer capable of in-taking and analyzing data rapidly, allowing it to make real time decisions about the nation's defense. But Colossus soon exceeds even Forbin's calculated expectations, learning to think independently of the Colossus Programming Office, processing data over one hundred times faster than Forbin and his team had originally anticipated. The President hands off full control of the nation's missiles and other defense protocols to Colossus and makes the announcement to the world that he has ensured peace. However, the USSR quickly announces that it too has a supercomputer, Guardian, with capabilities similar to that of Colossus. Forbin is concerned when Colossus asks to communicate with Guardian. The computer he built shouldn't be able to ask at all . . .
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- ISBN 10 0425032299
- ISBN 13 9780425032299
- Publisher Berkley
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published September 1976
- Keywords science fiction, Colossus, artificial intelligence, dystopia, Cold War
- Size 12mo
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