Infinite Wisdom: A Novel

"Five years have passed since journalist Marcus Tully single-handedly swung the results of a global election. To give humanity a chance in a world spiraling out of control with climate change, Tully released a last-minute report that discredited Lockwood, the human candidate. Instead, humanity ceded global control to Solomon, an artificial intellect-a being that Tully fully believed was capable of making the tough choices that would allow humanity to survive. Until he learned just how ruthless Solomon could be in pursuit of his goals. The world might be recovering, but humanity is suffering-and rebelling-under Solomon's strictures. Solomon was far from a unanimous choice, and resentment is running high. As acts of sabotage and civil disobedience increase, a disgusted Solomon offers humanity one last choice: Evolve or Exit. Evolve means merge with AI, transcend biology, and become a single post-human intelligence as a way of deleting the destructive nature of the species. Exit will brick every chip, including Solomon himself, and humanity will begin again in a pre-digital age. Humanity has thirty days to decide. One vote. No appeal. You have to be chipped to vote, and the chips will either evolve everyone, or brick at the end of the vote. How will humanity vote this time? Does evolution mean the extinction of humanity? And how much choice do they have?"-- Provided by publisher.