Stephen Hawking once said that the development of AI could spell the end of the human race. In the new books by Akemi Dawn Bowman and Ben Oliver, we certainly don't have the best of times going up against them.
In Akemi Dawn Bowman's The Infinity Courts, eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto discovers that the afterlife has been taken over by an AI bent on destroying humanity. Meanwhile, in Ben Oliver's The Block, the sequel to his debut The Loop, Luka goes to war against an all-powerful AI called Happy – once he gets out of prison that is.
About the event:
Chaired by Linda Strachan
Running time: 60 minutes
Tickets: £3 / £5 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be live on Zoom.
About the authors:
Akemi Dawn Bowman is a critically acclaimed author who writes across genres. Her novels - including her most recent The Infinity Courts - have received multiple accolades and award nominations, and her debut novel, Starfish, was a William C. Morris Award Finalist. She has a BA in social sciences from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She overthinks everything, including this bio.
Akemi Dawn is on Twitter and Instagram.
Ben Oliver began writing creatively at age seven and was promptly placed into the lowest reading and writing group at school. Frustrated by his lack of immediate success, Ben chose to step down from the world of writing. Three years later, he came out of retirement to write a 'What I Did During My Summer Holiday' assignment, where he claimed he saved the world from the apocalypse. Encouraged by an enthusiastic teacher, Ben returned, triumphantly, to writing - The Block is his latest publication.
Ben is on Twitter.
