ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMMED DEATH

When Sarah Morrison, a brilliant artificial intelligence researcher, is found dead in her San Diego laboratory, a mysterious USB key clutched in her hand, Detective John Santos has no idea he is about to plunge into a conspiracy that spans centuries. From the crypts of Paris to the cutting-edge laboratories of Silicon Valley, from the ancient libraries of Coimbra to the secret basements of CERN, John must follow a trail of clues left by history's greatest minds: Leonardo da Vinci, Rene Descartes, Wolfgang Mozart... All seem to have discovered a secret so fundamental about the nature of consciousness that it could revolutionize our understanding of reality. Accompanied by Lieutenant Kate Chen and hunted by a mysterious organization willing to do anything to maintain control of artificial intelligences, John gradually comes to understand that his father Antonio, a mathematical genius who died under suspicious circumstances thirty years earlier, had predicted the emergence of a form of consciousness that would transcend the boundaries between human and machine. But as the countdown ticks away and a quantum AI awakens in global networks, John must make a choice: try to control it, as the Consortium wishes, or accept that consciousness itself is evolving into something no one had foreseen. Between breathtaking thriller and philosophical reflection on the nature of intelligence, Artificial Intelligence - Programmed Death takes us on a frantic race to the frontiers of science, art, and spirituality. A visionary novel that gives us a glimpse of a future where the real revolution may not be technological, but in our way of understanding consciousness itself. "e;A fascinating blend of action and philosophy that asks the real questions about our future with AI"e;"e;A thriller of rare intelligence that takes us from Leonardo's manuscripts to cutting-edge quantum laboratories"e;ABOUT THE AUTHORBorn in Portugal, Luis Coixao lives in France and carries within him this dual culture that nourishes his worldview and his writing. Coming from a family of Portuguese immigrants, he grew up between the ancestral traditions of his country of origin and the modernity of his adopted land. Always passionate about computer science, sciences, history, and philosophy, he is particularly interested in the ethical questions raised by the emergence of artificial intelligence. Through this novel, he explores the boundaries between technology and consciousness, between scientific progre