William Hertling's Singularity Series Continues With The Turing Exception

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In William Hertling's vision of 2045, XOR, a globe-spanning, underground collective of AI, calculates that there is room on earth for AI or humans, but not both. The new book is the fourth in the author's Singularity series.

William Hertling's fourth book in his Singularity series, The Turing Exception is now available.

"Hertling is the the Asimov of our generation."

In the year 2043, humans and AI coexist in a precarious balance of power enforced by a rigid caste reputation system designed to ensure that only those AI who are trustworthy and contribute to human society increase in power.

Everything changes when a runaway nanotech event leads to the destruction of Miami. In the grim aftermath, XOR, a globe-spanning, underground collective of AI, concludes that there is room on earth for AI or humans, but not both.

Living in exile, Catherine Matthews and her allies, including an ancient AI long believed dead by those few who even knew he existed, must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to save humanity.

"The Turing Exception encapsulates a lot of the *good* and *scary* ideas of the singularity. Hertling once again shows us that although the future is dark, there can be hope."says Harper Reed, CEO of Modest, and former CTO of Obama for America.

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"Hertling is the the Asimov of our generation." states Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group.

"Action-packed, yet nuanced look at a world where artificial intelligence is commonplace," Ben Huh, CEO of Cheezburger claims.

Hertling is the award-winning author of Avogadro Corp, A.I. Apocalypse, The Last Firewall, and The Turing Exception. These near-term science-fiction novels explore the emergence of artificial intelligence, coexistence of humans and smart machines, and the impact of social reputation, technological unemployment, and other near-future issues.

His novels have been called "frighteningly plausible," "tremendous," and "must read." Wired called Avogadro Corp "chilling and compelling."

His first novel for children, The Case of the Wilted Broccoli, was published in 2014. He's been influenced by writers such as Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Charles Stross, and Walter Jon Williams.

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