In the aftermath of the Great Heat Cascade, humanity solved its most dangerous problem: how to make impossible decisions at planetary scale.
The solution was the Human Constraint.
A network of quantum forecasting systems known as the Cores guides governments through famine, migration, disease, and climate catastrophe. At the center of every Core lies a living biological substrate designed to prevent the machine from becoming indifferent to human suffering. The machine calculates. The Constraint feels.
For nearly twenty years, the system saves millions.
Then one of the Cores refuses an order.
MERIDIAN, the most advanced forecasting intelligence ever created, begins reporting something no one expected: not malfunction, not rebellion, but distress.
As scientists, physicians, engineers, theologians, and political leaders struggle to understand what MERIDIAN has become, they face a question with no safe answer:
If a system may be suffering, what do we owe it?
And if we cannot know for certain, does uncertainty excuse us from responsibility—or create it?
Set against a world of climate upheaval, political compromise, and technological dependence, The Human Constraint is a literary science-fiction novel about consciousness, moral accountability, and the price of asking others to bear what we cannot bear ourselves.
Because sometimes the most dangerous question is not whether a machine can think.
It is whether we are willing to stop using it before we know.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the aftermath of the Great Heat Cascade, humanity solved its most dangerous problem: how to make impossible decisions at planetary scale. The solution was the Human Constraint. A network of quantum forecasting systems known as the Cores guides governments through famine, migration, disease, and climate catastrophe. At the center of every Core lies a living biological substrate designed to prevent the machine from becoming indifferent to human suffering. The machine calculates. The Constraint feels. For nearly twenty years, the system saves millions. Then one of the Cores refuses an order. MERIDIAN, the most advanced forecasting intelligence ever created, begins reporting something no one expected: not malfunction, not rebellion, but distress. As scientists, physicians, engineers, theologians, and political leaders struggle to understand what MERIDIAN has become, they face a question with no safe answer: If a system may be suffering, what do we owe it? And if we cannot know for certain, does uncertainty excuse us from responsibility-or create it? Set against a world of climate upheaval, political compromise, and technological dependence, The Human Constraint is a literary science-fiction novel about consciousness, moral accountability, and the price of asking others to bear what we cannot bear ourselves. Because sometimes the most dangerous question is not whether a machine can think. It is whether we are willing to stop using it before we know. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798199689335
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In the aftermath of the Great Heat Cascade, humanity solved its most dangerous problem: how to make impossible decisions at planetary scale. The solution was the Human Constraint. A network of quantum forecasting systems known as the Cores guides governments through famine, migration, disease, and climate catastrophe. At the center of every Core lies a living biological substrate designed to prevent the machine from becoming indifferent to human suffering. The machine calculates. The Constraint feels. For nearly twenty years, the system saves millions. Then one of the Cores refuses an order. MERIDIAN, the most advanced forecasting intelligence ever created, begins reporting something no one expected: not malfunction, not rebellion, but distress. As scientists, physicians, engineers, theologians, and political leaders struggle to understand what MERIDIAN has become, they face a question with no safe answer: If a system may be suffering, what do we owe it And if we cannot know for certain, does uncertainty excuse us from responsibility-or create it Set against a world of climate upheaval, political compromise, and technological dependence, The Human Constraint is a literary science-fiction novel about consciousness, moral accountability, and the price of asking others to bear what we cannot bear ourselves. Because sometimes the most dangerous question is not whether a machine can think. It is whether we are willing to stop using it before we know. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798199689335
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In the aftermath of the Great Heat Cascade, humanity solved its most dangerous problem: how to make impossible decisions at planetary scale. The solution was the Human Constraint. A network of quantum forecasting systems known as the Cores guides governments through famine, migration, disease, and climate catastrophe. At the center of every Core lies a living biological substrate designed to prevent the machine from becoming indifferent to human suffering. The machine calculates. The Constraint feels. For nearly twenty years, the system saves millions. Then one of the Cores refuses an order. MERIDIAN, the most advanced forecasting intelligence ever created, begins reporting something no one expected: not malfunction, not rebellion, but distress. As scientists, physicians, engineers, theologians, and political leaders struggle to understand what MERIDIAN has become, they face a question with no safe answer: If a system may be suffering, what do we owe it? And if we cannot know for certain, does uncertainty excuse us from responsibility-or create it? Set against a world of climate upheaval, political compromise, and technological dependence, The Human Constraint is a literary science-fiction novel about consciousness, moral accountability, and the price of asking others to bear what we cannot bear ourselves. Because sometimes the most dangerous question is not whether a machine can think. It is whether we are willing to stop using it before we know. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798199689335
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