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| Title Statement | Burn-in: a novel of the real robotic revolution / P.W. Singer and August Cole. |
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| Author | Singer, P. W.(Peter Warren) |
| Additional Contributors | Cole, August |
| Publication | Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,2020.©2020 |
| Extent of Item | 417 pages ; |
| ISBN | 1328637239 9781328637239 |
| Other Number | 3716580 |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-417). |
| Summary | "America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind.After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of shocking catastrophes unfolds, the two find themselves investigating a conspiracy whose mastermind is using cutting-edge tech to rip the nation apart. To stop this new breed of terrorist, their only hope is to forge a new type of partnership."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Government investigators--Fiction |
| Artificial intelligence--Fiction | |
| Robots--Fiction | |
| Conspiracies--Fiction | |
| Terrorists--Fiction | |
| Terrorism--Fiction--Prevention | |
| By Name | United StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation--Fiction--Officials and employees |
| By Genre | Science fiction |
| Mystery fiction | |
| Suspense fiction | |
