Daemon (2006) - Daniel Suarez's Techno-Thriller Novel About Autonomous AI Systems
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Summary
Daemon is a 2006 techno-thriller novel by Daniel Suarez about a distributed persistent computer application (the Daemon) that begins to autonomously change the real world after its creator's death. The novel explores themes of artificial intelligence, automation, and societal transformation through a postcyberpunk lens. The original edition featured the author's pseudonym (his name spelled backwards) and was published by Verdugo Press.
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· 5 pulledDaemon is a 2006 novel by Daniel Suarez about a distributed persistent computer application that begins to change the real world after its creator's death.
Genre: Techno-thriller, Postcyberpunk, Social science fiction
Publication date: December 1, 2006
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Daemon is a 2006 novel by Daniel Suarez about a distributed persistent computer application that begins to change the real world after its
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