Preston, Douglas J.
Summary: NASA is designing a probe-raft-which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn's great moon Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. A NASA team led by Melissa Shepherd has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI software program to operate the raft autonomously. As the probe is being tested an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Macmillan Audio 2014
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Summary: When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during the testing of an artificial intelligence designed for a NASA probe, the AI escapes to the internet. Now the programmer who created "Dorothy" must team up with former CIA agent Wyman Ford to locate her before something devastating happens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: "NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is designing a probe which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare, one of the methane seas of Titan. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. As the probe is being tested at Goddard, things go awry, and an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the probe, a powerful, self-modifying AI called "Dorothy," flees into the Internet. Series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Preston 2014Preston, Douglas J.
Summary: NASA is designing a probe-raft-which will be dropped into the Kraken Mare. There, it will embark on a journey of exploration. A NASA team led by Melissa Veld develops a powerful, AI software program to operate the raft autonomously. As the probe is being tested an explosion kills seven scientists. The AI program in the raft, called 'Jane,' flees into the Internet. Wyman Ford is tapped by the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014