{ "item_title" : "The Paths I Did Not Take", "item_author" : [" , R. Sc Mann "], "item_description" : "Philosophical Science Fiction and Existential NovelThe Rise of Superintelligence and the Preservation of Humanist ValuesHuman existence is structured, at its core, by the contingency of choice. Since the foundational formulations of philosophical tradition, human agency has been understood to act simultaneously as a condition of freedom and as a principle of responsibility for the consequences that arise from it. The individual journey invariably encounters turning points that not only guide actions but significantly reconfigure the spectrum of future possibilities.Artificial intelligence has surpassed biological cognition, and the cost of this transition was the stability of civilization itself.Raised among the volumes of a small-town bookstore, researcher Eirik Waienn has always directed his reasoning toward the fundamental questions of existence. Upon entering the highest echelons of technological research, he develops an unprecedented algorithmic architecture: an autonomous system capable of interpreting physical reality and making decisions with a precision superior to that of humans.The global-scale implementation of this technology, however, generates severe structural consequences. The traditional job market collapses, and unemployment reaches alarming levels. Confined to his home and surrounded by the protests of a fractured society, the architect of the most sophisticated artificial mind ever conceived is faced with an unavoidable moral dilemma.Pressured by corporate interests that prioritize the unrestricted expansion of the system, Eirik must decide whether to remain a spectator to the empire he built or to abandon his position to reclaim the values that grounded the beginning of his journey.The Paths I Didn't Take is a work of fiction that explores the cartography of decisions and the weight of discarded alternatives. The book offers narrative and philosophical resources to understand the intersection between the advancement of artificial cognitive entities and the preservation of human agency in the face of the unknown.A fiction novel that explores the choices that define us, set between boreal landscapes and the dynamics of the metropolis.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/828/443/9798284437445_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "13.85", "online_price" : "13.85", "our_price" : "13.85", "club_price" : "13.85", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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