Review of Terms of Service
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Review of Terms of Service
[Following is a volunteer review of "Terms of Service" by Craig W. Stanfill.]
Are you one of those who love reading about the upcoming technology but fear AI at the same time? Then this book is for you. The book Terms of Service: Subject to Change Without Notice shows the stunning potential of the rapidly evolving technology and the horrors of it.
The story revolves around its protagonist, Kim, who works as an automaton trainer at the Artificial Intelligence Company. After landing her dream job, Kim is happy and proud of her achievement. However, her life soon turns monotonous and boring. She constantly finds ways to add some colors to her otherwise pale life. She lives in a modern, futuristic home filled with intriguing robotic technology. Despite living a rather comfortable life with robots at her service at all times, Kim suffers from loneliness and fights nightmares frequently, thus desperately seeking companionship.
The story takes a turn when Kim meets her best friend, Shan, and both decide to go on a dangerous adventure. Their adventure is highly descriptive and shows the horrors of the technology that humans have sadly normalized in most districts. The story seems like a sneak peek into the world’s potential future and humanity’s worst turn. The characters in the story are few and often appear repeatedly in the plot. So it’s not difficult to keep track of them.
I loved how Craig W. Stanfill has intricately described the district and the working system of AI. It amazed me how much thought Craig has put into painting an imaginary world. It especially amazed me when Kim and Shan landed in one of the “abandoned districts,” and the author described their encounter with a real dog. The other details of AI’s working scared me. For example, the AI system controls every part of human lives, including their food and entertainment choices, listens to their conversations, and controls their choice of companionship and childbirth. It made me question our daily choices that might lead us to a situation similar to the book’s plot.
Even though the book is immensely detailed and has only a few important characters, I found some parts of the story boring and very slow-paced. I thought the story was too stretched and didn’t move forward until Kim and Shan’s cycling adventure. I also found many details of Kim’s life repetitive, uninteresting, and quite bland for a reader to stick around until the exciting part begins. However, after a reader covers half of the book, the story does unfold and leads to a gripping catastrophic series of events.
The book is professionally edited with no grammatical errors and has zero instances of vulgarity. However, there are vivid depictions of erotic scenarios and intimacy. Since I found the book to be slow-paced and boring at some points, I rate the book four out of five stars. I recommend all Sci-Fi lovers to get their hands on this book and be amazed by the author’s imagination and clear descriptions of the AI systems.
Happy reading!
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Terms of Service
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Are you one of those who love reading about the upcoming technology but fear AI at the same time? Then this book is for you. The book Terms of Service: Subject to Change Without Notice shows the stunning potential of the rapidly evolving technology and the horrors of it.
The story revolves around its protagonist, Kim, who works as an automaton trainer at the Artificial Intelligence Company. After landing her dream job, Kim is happy and proud of her achievement. However, her life soon turns monotonous and boring. She constantly finds ways to add some colors to her otherwise pale life. She lives in a modern, futuristic home filled with intriguing robotic technology. Despite living a rather comfortable life with robots at her service at all times, Kim suffers from loneliness and fights nightmares frequently, thus desperately seeking companionship.
The story takes a turn when Kim meets her best friend, Shan, and both decide to go on a dangerous adventure. Their adventure is highly descriptive and shows the horrors of the technology that humans have sadly normalized in most districts. The story seems like a sneak peek into the world’s potential future and humanity’s worst turn. The characters in the story are few and often appear repeatedly in the plot. So it’s not difficult to keep track of them.
I loved how Craig W. Stanfill has intricately described the district and the working system of AI. It amazed me how much thought Craig has put into painting an imaginary world. It especially amazed me when Kim and Shan landed in one of the “abandoned districts,” and the author described their encounter with a real dog. The other details of AI’s working scared me. For example, the AI system controls every part of human lives, including their food and entertainment choices, listens to their conversations, and controls their choice of companionship and childbirth. It made me question our daily choices that might lead us to a situation similar to the book’s plot.
Even though the book is immensely detailed and has only a few important characters, I found some parts of the story boring and very slow-paced. I thought the story was too stretched and didn’t move forward until Kim and Shan’s cycling adventure. I also found many details of Kim’s life repetitive, uninteresting, and quite bland for a reader to stick around until the exciting part begins. However, after a reader covers half of the book, the story does unfold and leads to a gripping catastrophic series of events.
The book is professionally edited with no grammatical errors and has zero instances of vulgarity. However, there are vivid depictions of erotic scenarios and intimacy. Since I found the book to be slow-paced and boring at some points, I rate the book four out of five stars. I recommend all Sci-Fi lovers to get their hands on this book and be amazed by the author’s imagination and clear descriptions of the AI systems.
Happy reading!
******
Terms of Service
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes
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