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Rule One: AI is capability. Human is intent.
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ISBN10: 1105597342
ISBN13: 9781105597343
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.23 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781105597343
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.23 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Frank Smith has spent a lifetime designing machines that do exactly what they are built to do. From drafting boards in 1969 to autonomous aircraft in the modern age, he has lived by a simple engineering oath: precision, responsibility, consequence. Now semi-retired, Frank turns to artificial intelligence for something simple - help creating an audiobook for his blind daughter. What begins as a practical task slowly becomes something else: a conversation. About boundaries. About acceleration. About who is really making decisions in an age of machines. When a quiet software update alters the outcome of a military strike, Frank is forced to confront the question engineers rarely speak aloud: If a tool is capable, who is responsible for its intent? Rule One is not a story about machines becoming human. It is a story about humans deciding what machines will become.
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