{"product_id":"artifice-a-novel","title":"Artifice: a novel","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtifice\u003c\/em\u003e is set in a near-future Singapore and takes on the challenge of what truly sentient AI might mean for humanity. It’s speculative fiction in the mould of Ishiguro’s \u003cem\u003eKlara and the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e or Le Tellier’s \u003cem\u003eThe Anomaly\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis novel would strike a chord given ongoing uncertainty and anxiety about the role of AI. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHumanity’s greatest invention could be our last. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchie’s involvement in the artificial intelligence project known as Janus was limited to routine diagnostics. But when she discovers that she and everyone else has been deceived by their creation, it launches her on a journey that will change her life — and humanity’s future. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eEducated in Melbourne, Beijing, and Oxford, \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Chesterman\u003c\/strong\u003e lived briefly in Tanzania and Serbia before moving to New York for six years and finally settling in Singapore. He has written or edited twenty-one non-fiction books on topics ranging from the United Nations to the regulation of artificial intelligence. His fiction includes the young adult trilogy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/raising-arcadia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRaising Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/finding-arcadia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/being-arcadia?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=f5dc2530b\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeing Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, as well as the standalone novel \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/i-huckleberry\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eI, Huckleberry\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44635943436585,"sku":"9789815084924","price":23.15,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/9789815084924.jpg?v=1678956520","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/artifice-a-novel","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}