Summer Frost

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A video game developer becomes obsessed with a willful character in her new project, in a mind bending exploration of what it means to be human by the New York Times bestselling author of Recursion.Maxine was made to do one thing die Except the minor non player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map When the curious Riley extracts her code for closer examination, an emotional relationship develops between them Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world But what if Max has real world plans of her own Blake Crouch s Summer Frost is part of Forward , a collection of six stories of the near and far future from out of this world authors Each piece can be read or listened to in a single thought provoking sitting. New Read [ Summer Frost ] author [ Blake Crouch ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Ugh why is Crouch so good I ve never liked a short story as much as this one perfect in every way Ex Machina vibez Part of the Forward Collection Looks like I m going to have to read every single thing Crouch has ever written So far 1 Dark Matter 5 s2 Recursion 5 s3 Summer Frost 5 s There is no such thing as real taste or real smell or even real sight, because there is no true definition of real There is only information, viewed subjectively, which is allowed by Ugh why is Crouch so good I ve never liked a short story as much as this one perfect in every way Ex Machina vibez Part of the Forward Collection Looks like I m going to have to read every single thing Crouch has ever writt...This novella about development of a super intelligent AI was okay Most stories about super intelligent beings are generally disappointing because the being can only reason and respond within the efforts of the writer I d love to read a super AI story where the AI s analysis truly blows me away A true super intelligent AI would have to be unfathomable They d reach conclusions and plan in a manner that a reader of average intelligence like myself would not quite understand but would feel awe This novella about development of a super intelligent AI was okay Most stories ...9 17 19 Just started listening and already I am being drawn into this world love it And I am enjoying the sexy, husky voice of Rosa Salazar as the narrator.9 18 19 Thank you, Blake Crouch, for another awesome listening reading experience And Rosa Salazar is the perfect narrator.Once again, hum...Summer Frost is part of the Forward Collection ofshorts all of which are about author s vision of the future In Summer Frost, a video coder developer has created a character whose only purpose was to die in the first scenes of the game The character, Maxine, had other ideas Somehow, unknown to the developer, Maxine has jumped from an avatar to reality within the game As the story progresses, we watch as Maxine, now AI, takes on a life of her own It is creepy, frightening and a...This is the second of the 6 short stories in the Forward Collection, free toPrime members it was much better that the first This one concerns artificial intelligence Riley is a game developer at a major game developer company A minor character in a new game has gone amuck Riley gets the character into an isolated box where she can attempt to figure out why the character went rogue This is a story based on fear and not one that will leave anyone with a ...Crouch is a master of story telling and his thought provoking ideas continue to keep him in the lead as one of my favorite authors I can usually expect anything new from him to broaden my horizons and challenge me to wrap my head around complex scientific concepts Even though it s a shorter work, this story takes on some heady ideas concerning AI, reality, self awareness, and personhood I honestly wish it had been novel length Side note This novella is part of a collection he curated for Am Crouch is a master of story telling and his thought provoking ideas continue to keep him in the lead as one of my favorite authors I can usually expect anything new from him to broaden my horizons and challenge me to wrap my head around complex scientific concepts Even though it s a shorter work, this story takes on some heady ideas concerning AI, reality, self awareness, and personhood I honestly wish it had been novel length...I wish I could give this a 3.5 stars instead because I really enjoyed reading this short story Short stories are difficult for me because you don t get the full scope of the story even when it has you hooked I think if this was a full story that I would really love this as I have loved Blake Crouch s last two novels.Everyone should check out this Forward Collection curated by Blake Crouch especially because of the names that are attached to this project and its free and accessible through Ki I wish I could give this a 3.5 stars instead because I really enjoyed reading this short story Short stories are difficult for me because you don t get the full scope of the story even when it has you hooked I think if this was a full story th...I wanted to like this novellathan I did Crouch has blown me away with his last couple novels, but Summer Frost feels too familiar There were some surprises by the end, but the overall theme and direction has been done better in recent shows like Black M...Very enjoyable, even if it ended the classic way I am thinking about another AI series, but can t mention it without creating a half spoiler for those who read it Some topics such as super intelligence and the goal...Well damn, Mr Blake Crouch You got me thinking, and fearing, and then thinking about being fearful, all in the span of an hour.What an incredible ride I ll come back for ain depth review but, for now, I just need to ruminate with this incredible piece of short fiction until I m ready to let it go.

Summer Frost
  • English
  • 25 September 2017
  • Kindle Edition
  • 75 pages
  • Blake Crouch
  • Summer Frost