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Crucible

(Sigma Force #14)

James Rollins (Goodreads Author)

4.34 · Rating details · 1,188 ratings · 174 reviews

In the race to save one of their own, Sigma Force must wrestle with the deepest spiritual mysteries of mankind in this mind-expanding adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author, told with his trademark blend of cutting edge science, historical mystery and pulse-pounding action.

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Published January 22nd 2019 by William Morrow (first published January 8th 2019)

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Jan 22, 2019 Chad rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019, edelweiss

After a gut wrenching start to the book, Rollins delivers another fast paced Sigma Force thriller. In this one a young woman creates the next evolution in A.I. But a group called the Crucible is determined to do anything to get the device and send the world back to the Dark Ages. Monk and Gray must do whatever it takes to keep the device safe.

This was intense. It felt like the stakes were raised and the characters even more in danger. Maybe it was just because A.I. will become a real concern in ...more

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Jan 25, 2019 Sahitya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, suspence-mystery-crime-thriller

My romance with globe trotting action-adventure/spy thrillers started almost a decade ago and I’ve always had so much fun reading them. But I did feel that some of them have been losing their mojo when some of their books in the past few years didn’t feel upto the mark. However, I have been pleasantly surprised in the past few months and I’m so thankful for it. While Steve Berry’s latest The Malta Exchange and Matthew Reilly’s Three Secret Cities thoroughly impressed me, this book showed me My romance with globe trotting action-adventure/spy thrillers started almost a decade ago and I’ve always had so much fun reading them. But I did feel that some of them have been losing their mojo when some of their books in the past few years didn’t feel upto the mark. However, I have been pleasantly surprised in the past few months and I’m so thankful for it. While Steve Berry’s latest The Malta Exchange and Matthew Reilly’s Three Secret Cities thoroughly impressed me, this book showed me why James Rollins has been my go-to author for this genre for the past ten years. I was just expecting to have some fun but this book definitely did so much more.

Rollins’s strength has always been combining aspects of history with advanced technology which seems both implausible but not completely unrealistic at the same time. In Crucible, he really intertwines these concepts brilliantly and I just couldn’t put the book down even for a minute. Even though this book has a historical backdrop starting with the Spanish Inquisitions and the inhuman witch trials that happened across Europe, the story here is definitely more about the extremely fast technological developments that are happening in the area of Artifical Intelligence and how when unchecked, these might have very unintended and unimaginable consequences. The core part of the plot in the book deals with an almost sentient AI which is something that has never been seen before and it’s capabilities are very vast, but the most surprising part is that this is the only fictional part of the story. As Rollins mentions in his always riveting Author’s Note, almost all of the technology that is mentioned in the book apart from the AI itself and the other incidents that have occurred are all true and that’s what makes this book absolutely terrifying. These stories are supposed to be escapist fiction, not impending doom of our own reality, but it’s this touch of reality that makes this book both entertaining and thrilling while also serving as a word of caution.

If you are a James Rollins fan, you are going to adore this book and I don’t have to sing it’s praises. If you haven’t read the Sigma Force series before but love action-adventure novels with a touch of history and science, please go and checkout Sandstorm right away. This book was action packed, full of thrills and terrifying events but also very very emotional at its core. I don’t think I’ve ever cried reading one of these books before, but I did here and that’s what makes this installment truly special. ...more

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Nov 19, 2018 Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2018

Commander Gray Pierce arrives home on Christmas Eve, only to find out that Seichan, his pregnant lover is gone and his best friend's wife Kat is on the brink of death. Kat is the only one that saw the attack, but how to get someone in a semi-comatose state to speak? A neurologist may have the answer to that. Meanwhile, a terrified young woman witnesses a massacre by a video link and realizes that her invention is the reason for this and now she has to run. These two events will link together and ...more

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Feb 09, 2019 Marialyce rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-of-2019, library, james-rollins-who-i-love-books

I will admit, I am rubbish when it comes to understanding the workings of the computer. I do know how to turn them on an off, do the important things like write my blog and compile my shopping lists, but the rest leaves me with a blank look upon my face and the feeling that somehow I have been left behind. So, in James Rollins newest outing with the brave and intrepid members of Sigma Force, Crucible, left me lagging in netherspace or is it etherspace?

I did so enjoy the rapid pace of the story, I will admit, I am rubbish when it comes to understanding the workings of the computer. I do know how to turn them on an off, do the important things like write my blog and compile my shopping lists, but the rest leaves me with a blank look upon my face and the feeling that somehow I have been left behind. So, in James Rollins newest outing with the brave and intrepid members of Sigma Force, Crucible, left me lagging in netherspace or is it etherspace?

I did so enjoy the rapid pace of the story, the ideas and concepts it entailed, but understanding what was going on in the field of artificial intelligence just went whooshing right over my head.

After discovering Kat, his friend’s wife, their two children, and his pregnant girlfriend attacked while Kat is left for dead, Commander Pierce and the illustrious Sigma Force is on the trail on the assailants. Kat is left for dead and through the use of some pretty sophisticated technology, she, the only witness to the crime, is enlisted to help. Problem is she is technically brain dead.

The team swings into motion and this time wages war against the modern forces of the Spanish Inquisition. As history tells us, the Inquisition was a blood filled era, a time where everyone was thought to be a witch, a wizard, or a demon of some kind that members of the Church felt duty bound to rid the world of in none too pleasant a manner.

In this book, the modern incantation of the Inquisition is back in a group that decides the world is too evil and needs to be cleansed. Never a good sign really! In their quest to do so, they want to steal the AI work of a brilliant scientist whose work has produced an AI which resides, at least for now, inside her computer. Joining forces with Sigma are witches, seemingly sanctioned by the church who play a role in tracking down the bad guys, and striving to prevent the Inquisition members from attaining their goal, that of purifying the world. Things really are looking pretty dire for planet earth, but is it possible that the Sigma forces can succeed once again and save the day?

This is the fourteenth outing for the Sigma Force books and as always, Mr Rollins is able to combine areas in science that are currently occurring, with an intriguing story line. I enjoyed the book, although not as much as his others and I blame on my lack of computer savvy skills. Rollins’s fans, and I count myself on of those, will enjoy this fast paced drama that will blend amazing things being done today with a fast paced story line. However, Mr Rollins is quick to point out that humans might not benefit from the current breakthroughs especially if the breakthroughs become smarter than the people who discovered them.
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Feb 09, 2019 Skip rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller, series-in-progress

At the heart of this installment of the Sigma Force series is a scary scenario: that artificial intelligence will eventually develop to an extent to protect itself against its human creators. Eve is invented by a Spanish scientist (Mara), and during her introduction to her sponsors, they are slaughtered by an ancient religious cult of witch-hunters, who want Eve to promote their agenda. Eve's last transmission is a Sigma sign. Meanwhile, the Sigma family is attacked: one left for dead and three ...more

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Nov 26, 2018 The Real Book Spy rated it it was amazing

James Rollins’ (The Demon Crown, 2017, etc.) 14th Sigma Force novel delivers such a shocking conclusion that the author actually starts off with a warning to readers to proceed at their own risk.

What starts as a lighthearted opening set in Silver Spring, Maryland, soon morphs into something tragic. Commander Grayson Pierce and Monk, his best friend and colleague, talk over drinks at a small tavern on Christmas Eve. Monk, who was recently fitted with a newer, more advanced prosthetic, uses DARPA’ ...more

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Jan 27, 2019 Beth rated it liked it · review of another edition

Not even close to his best

I automatically order every Rollins novel to be delivered to my Kindle upon publication. One more of this caliber and I will require a sample first. While the premise was intriguing, the excess repetition rapidly became boring and the conclusion obvious. I understand the convention he was using in the development of Eve's intelligence, but a couple of examples would have sufficed.

Oh well, an occasional disappointment is inevitable. This is the first of his novels not t ...more

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Nov 19, 2018 Shannon rated it really liked it

4.5 stars

The Sigma series can always be counted on to deliver a great read and this addition to the series is no exception. In this fourteenth installment, the whole gang is back for Christmas but things go bad quickly and—in classic Rollins fashion—they split up to figure things out. Though its format is similar to the previous books in the series, there's a lot about this book that feels new. Maybe it's just that these characters I've been reading about for over a decade have families and are ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 Chris Wood rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Sigma force? Sigma farce actually. If you are about to read this, thinking that it is another fantastic action packed Rollins jaunt involving our favourite greek lettered heroes, please don't. Stay back, retreat, theres nothing to read here!
Where to start, firstly this is not a novel, the book is comprised of an essay on neurological engineering into artificial intelligence with a very short story strapped on the back, Im struggling to keep my anger out of this review but honestly im fuming, wh Sigma force? Sigma farce actually. If you are about to read this, thinking that it is another fantastic action packed Rollins jaunt involving our favourite greek lettered heroes, please don't. Stay back, retreat, theres nothing to read here!
Where to start, firstly this is not a novel, the book is comprised of an essay on neurological engineering into artificial intelligence with a very short story strapped on the back, Im struggling to keep my anger out of this review but honestly im fuming, what a waste of money and such a disappointment because I preordered and have been waiting for this book since it was first announced. The premise of Sigma operatives being kidnapped is great but sadly that is the extant of the great, the story itself is over in a few pages but between those pages there are reams and reams of technological jargon (that was frankly unintelligible to me) about AI and bizarre first person narratives from the AI's perspective. The book was extremely difficult to read and I almost quit numerous times, which I never do. The characters are dry and soulless, there is a complete lack of emotion throughout the book, the few action segments are by the numbers and boring. Seichan, that wily, seductive yet lethal former assassin is now a mother hen! 8 months pregnant and one minute she is wondering what to do because she can't fight out of her situation because she is pregnant, the next minute guess what? yup, she's fighting out of her situation. James Rollins' books have always pushed the boundaries of believe-ability but this book is nonsense. I could go on and on but im not prepared to waste anymore time on this.
I think that this book is a prime example of what happens when a publishing company forces a book from the author before it is ready to be seen, at the rear of the book the author thanks his pre release readers for helping the story with their ideas and critique! top tip for next time James, get rid of those pre readers, move away from married operatives with kids, I don't care about their family lives I am married with 3 kids I know about that, its my reality. There must be other operatives in Sigma, focus on them now, make them male and female operatives that are focused solely on their jobs, not settling down with each other, give Kowalski a command. We read these books for escapism, adventure and entertainment not to hear about family life.
This book stinks, you can do better James and for my money I deserve better. ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 Rissa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Crucible
I liked the characters but I was a but lost. Seeing as though this was the 14th book in the series and I hadnt read any before hand i wasnt connected with the characters. I liked the ancient history and symbols ♾

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Jan 26, 2019 Ahuva Traube rated it it was ok

To be honest, I'm a James Rollins fan but I found it difficult getting through the book. It wasn't as enjoyable as many of his other books. I felt like he was throwing a whole lot at a wall and hoping something would stick. The whole idea of AI as the cause of man's destruction was done (equally poorly) by Dan Brown in his most recent book. I didn't love this book.

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Feb 03, 2019 Steve rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An absolute home run. Rollins never fails to disappoint, but this Sigma adventure was a real treat. The technological aspects of this novel were pivotal to its success and the detail captured was comprehensive without being overdone. Something not easily achieved. Writers hoping to deliver an exceptional techno-thriller tend to either overindulge in the tech aspects of the tale, or skimp to the point where they lose credibility. Rollins continues to walk this delicate line with precision and fin ...more

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Jan 26, 2019 Kate rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites-read-in-2019, out-in-2019-and-read

This time it's personal for the Sigma team and that certainly adds tension and upset, for our heroes and for the reader. AI is the big threat here and, as usual, we have the excellent mingling of science and action. Fascinating depiction of a developing AI, really enjoyed that. This isn't my favourite of the series (it has tough competition and I found Crucible rather over long and not quite as exciting as normal) but it's clever and it's so good to spend time with the Sigma team again and, as a ...more

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Jan 24, 2019 Vicky rated it it was amazing

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Crucible is everything that you would expect from a Sigma Force novel, plenty of death defying action, cool technology, and truly evil villains, but this particular addition to the series is a bit different. Witches, artificial intelligence, and a group of religious zealots whose history dates back to the days of the Spanish Inquisition makes up the primary focus of the story but the underlining tone is really about family.

Over the years the Sigma Force team members have gone on high risk assign Crucible is everything that you would expect from a Sigma Force novel, plenty of death defying action, cool technology, and truly evil villains, but this particular addition to the series is a bit different. Witches, artificial intelligence, and a group of religious zealots whose history dates back to the days of the Spanish Inquisition makes up the primary focus of the story but the underlining tone is really about family.

Over the years the Sigma Force team members have gone on high risk assignments knowing full well that they may not survive, accepting that as being part of the job. But a lot has happened to the Sigma Force team since the series first began with Sandstorm and Map of Bones. Painter Crowe married Lisa Cummings, Monk Kokkalis and Kat Bryant are married and now have two young daughters, and even Kowalski has a girlfriend. Also the most surprising coupling is Pierce and Seichan who have historically been lone rebels uncomfortable in becoming too close to anyone. But in Crucible, Pierce and Seichan are not only a couple, but they are about to be parents. For any parent, the most horrifying thought is the loss of a child and in Crucible, both Monk and Pierce are getting a taste of what they may be like.

Also on the subject of children, one of the best parts of the Crucible is that we get to witness the spectacular birth of an artificial superhuman intelligent (ASI) known as Eve. Rollins does a wonderful job of giving us a glimpse to what it may be like for an ASI in its early development. He also demonstrates that like a child, the manner in which an ASI is treated in its formative phase will ultimately shape it into the ‘adult’ that it will become, which is very important if the human race expects to survive its birth.

Crucible has everything that will please the Sigma Force fan. Most of the Sigma Force novels are overwhelmingly plot driven but I really felt that Crucible focused more on the characters and the bond that holds the Sigma Force family together. I know, it sounds rather mushy, but don’t worry there is still plenty of entertaining thrills.

I would like to thank William Morrow for my Advance Reader Copy of Crucible.

If you are interested in learning more about the Sigma Force Series check it out on my blog A-Thrill-A-Week ...more

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Feb 07, 2019 Brad rated it it was amazing

Crucible is the latest Sigma Force novel from James Rollins. “Four women are killed on the Winter Solstice by an ancient order left from the Spanish Inquisition. A young scientist flees but leaves her fragile AI creation behind. Monk’s children are kidnapped along with a pregnant Seichan. Now Sigma Force must race to save their own and stop a damaged AI from more destruction.”
A wild ride from Rollins. Book has an old-school Crichton feel about the dangers of advanced technology. Rollins has done ...more

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Feb 03, 2019 Reeda Booke rated it really liked it

Shelves: conspiracy, library-book, sci-fi, series, thriller

Another fast paced thriller, this one with an almost what-if? scenario involving the creation of an AI program. The result is truly terrifying, especially because this can be become a very real problem in the near future. I hope that whoever out there is working towards achieving AI, will truly consider the consequences.

A fun and exciting read. 4 stars

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Jan 22, 2019 Arik Ermshaus rated it did not like it

"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition. Especially when there’s AI involved in the brouhaha. Another mindless entertainment to fill time better spent with Monty Python—or Indiana Jones."
—KIRKUS REVIEW (not a starred review)

"Rollins does a good job keeping the action moving, but the future scientific developments he presents fall short of the standards set by Michael Crichton."
—Publishers weekly

I read this new sigma book even after being panned by reviewers who previously hailed Rollins. Now I k ...more

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Nov 22, 2018 Brandy Wilkes rated it it was amazing

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

I took full advantage of my break and got to tear through this amazing book! The Crucible is the 13th installment in this amazing series. James Rollins once again proves he has what it takes to keep you on the edge of your seat!

It starts with a heartbreaking beginning and doesn't let up from there. The world is on the precipice of the next technological breakthrough and due to our naitivity and carelessness it spells out certain doom that could plunge us back into the ...more

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Jan 28, 2019 Joan rated it liked it

I came upon Rollins' novels by accident and I am glad I did. I find his novels to be a good combination of cutting edge scientific research and intense suspense. This novel fits that description well. The cutting edge science is artificial intelligence. The suspense is nearly continuous as the world as we know it might be destroyed.

Another aspect of Rollins' novels I like is that it includes Christian overtones. The AI being created is named Eve. There is the theme of a created being being intro ...more

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Jan 10, 2019 Lori L (She Treads Softly) rated it it was amazing

Crucible by James Rollins is a very highly recommended action/adventure thriller and the latest addition to the Sigma Force Series. Rollins never lets you down!

On Christmas Eve Sigma Force commander Gray Pierce and his best friend, Monk Kokkalis, return to Monk’s house in Silver Spring, Md., where they discover the house has been broken into and is a wreck. Monk’s wife, Kat, is lying unconscious on the kitchen floor. Even more alarming is that Monk's two daughters, six-year-old Penny and five-ye Crucible by James Rollins is a very highly recommended action/adventure thriller and the latest addition to the Sigma Force Series. Rollins never lets you down!

On Christmas Eve Sigma Force commander Gray Pierce and his best friend, Monk Kokkalis, return to Monk’s house in Silver Spring, Md., where they discover the house has been broken into and is a wreck. Monk’s wife, Kat, is lying unconscious on the kitchen floor. Even more alarming is that Monk's two daughters, six-year-old Penny and five-year-old Harriet, are gone, along with Gray's pregnant wife, Seichan. Kat is the only witness to what happened, but she is in a semi-comatose state and cannot speak - until a way is found to communicate with her.

What they find out, along with other events, sends the team to the site of a massacre in Portugal. The lives of five women who led an international network of female scientists have been murdered and 21 year-old Mara Silviera, whose AI research they were funding, is missing. Somehow the current cutting edge AI research is tied to a group that dates back to the Spanish Inquisition, but the ultimate stakes are even more dire.

Crucible is another exciting addition to the Sigma Force Series. Rollins always delivers pulse-pounding, nail-biting action and bases his story on historical facts and current scientific research resulting in a great mix of action, history, and science. The story itself is full of twists and surprise along with the trade-mark action you expect. As usual, do not skip Rollins author's notes at the end about his research for the novel. I've said it before, and I'm going to repeat myself here, but I appreciate the fact that Rollins treats his readers with respect and a nod to their intelligence and ability to comprehend a complex plot.

As expected the writing is impressive as the various plot threads move along and are all equally captivating. This was a novel that will result in the "just one more chapter" mantra. Although I have read almost all the Sigma Force novels in order, I think you could enjoy this one as a stand-alone as Rollins provides enough background information on the characters. There is, however, a greater depth to the story if you know the characters, their backgrounds, their struggles, and their relationships. I will always take the time to read anything Rollins writes. He always delivers a fast-paced interesting thriller.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of HarperCollins.
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Jan 30, 2019 Mariko rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

If I could give this book 10 stars I absolutely would! So fast paced & full mind blowing information, I loved it! I’d try & stop, but couldn’t, wanting to know more! Thank you James, your books never disappoint! Let’s also not forget my favourite features - historical notes & science fact or fiction, makes it even better.

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Feb 03, 2019 Rod rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourite-author-friends

The Crucible is what i would have to say is James Rollins taking us off on another adventure
the sort of a tale that would adapt to a screenplay I think i couldn't just sit down and enjoy this book
it took me some time to read it being busy the Sigma Force series have all been great reads
hope that our Author doesn't make us wait to long before we get Sigma Force #15

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Feb 12, 2019 Doreen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: challenge-2019

I could not WAIT to get this novel in my greedy little hands!! Fast paced from start to finish with more fact than fiction woven into the pages.

Interesting to note that the US announced the need to find additional funding for AI while I was reading yesterday.

Coincidence? I think not.

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Jan 17, 2019 Joshua Warwick rated it it was amazing

I found Sandstorm at a goodwill a while back after reading that one I quickly ordered the rest of the sigma force novels and read every one straight through. I was super lucky to win a giveaway copy of Crucible and dove right into it.Crucible did not disappoint it was full of ups and downs and not knowing what the real outcome would be until u reached the very end great story definitely recommend reading it and only disappointment I have is I'm done with it and will be waiting forever for the ne ...more

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Jan 21, 2019 Ray Palen rated it it was amazing

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Jan 29, 2019 Theresa Ann rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another exciting novel by James Rollins. Science, history and fast paced adventure trips you on the first page and never lets go.

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Feb 13, 2019 Tricia Douglas rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller, suspense, science-fiction

Rollins takes the real and turns it into fantasy. This is why I love to read his books. His imagination is again put to the test with AI facts and fiction. We know that Artificial Intelligence is already here, but where it will go in the future is part of what Rollins proclaims in this book. The Sigma Force is again put up against ancient medieval powers and witches. Who will win?

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Jan 31, 2019 Camille rated it it was ok

Not my favorite book by Rollins. It was kind of confusing with this scientific aspect. Still trying to figure out what witches have to do do with IA.

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Dec 16, 2018 Debbie rated it it was amazing

If you haven't already started reading the Sigma Force series from book 1 I highly recommend this series. James Rollins's is one of my favorite authors and if you love action-packed, thought-provoking and addictive books you will love this series!

I swear my favorite authors are conspiring to give me heart attacks reading their latest books. First Matthew Reilly's The Three Secret Cities left me wanting to cry and then this one had me in agony for a good part of the book. Every time I think Rolli ...more

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“Kowalski pulled his long coat back on and jostled his body to settle everything in place. His ankle-length duster could hide enough weapons to invade a small third-world country.” — 0 likes

“Uncertainty is a key aspect of human reasoning. Without uncertainty, we would never doubt ourselves or our decisions. We would be certain that we’re right all the time. It’s this certainty that can make an AI’s ability to learn turn brittle over time. But if an AI is uncertain and capable of doubt, it can begin to judge itself, to question whether an action or decision will have the consequence it desires and test it more thoroughly.” — 0 likes

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