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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.
Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public interest…
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This is a deep dive into the scarier possibilities of Artificial Intelligence. Mickey Haller is now doing civil suits, but his old familiar crew is there to help him against a huge company that may or may not be trying to kill everyone involved. He represents two mothers as he tries to force the company to admit culpability for the murder of one teen girl and the life sentence of a disturbed boy who was told by his AI 'companion' to "get rid of her". As always, I was stunned by depth of Connolly's research into the main topic, even…
This is Michael Connelly's latest , in his ongoing set of interconnected 'sagas' that originated with the Hieronymous Bosch detective stories. This one is part of the Lincoln Lawyer series featuring attorney Mickey Haller, so it is best described as a courtroom drama. All the books are of course thrillers, but often touch on a current political or social issue. In this case, the issue could not be more current: it deals with the influence of an artificial intelligence chatbot on a susceptible teenager. No further spoilers - just read it yourself!
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