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tuatoru · 2023-11-17 · Original thread
In The Red: First Light Linda Nagata posits an AI that tries to help people maximise their potential, because by earning more they consume more. The AI escaped from Amazon (the web store), it is theorized.

(Nice MilSF if you like that kind of thing.)

1. https://www.amazon.com/Red-First-Light-Trilogy/dp/1481440934

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