Robert Kiesling – Discredited Citizen
Discredited Citizen
John Keys is a trial lawyer, and a damn good one. That is, until artificial intelligence takes over the criminal justice system and makes him obsolete. Faced with the harsh reality of his new life, he lands himself in prison for good.
Luckily, his old partner finds a way out. All Keys has to do is convince a doctor accused of murder to plead guilty and take a plea pill. But the doctor refuses to accept the deal and demands a human jury trial.
Catapulted into the heart of the murder trial, Keys discovers a conspiracy far more heinous than anyone could imagine. Hunted by Zon, the corporation running the smart city; he has to expose them before they kill him and everyone he loves.
With his new book, Discredited Citizen, Robert Kiesling takes you into the future of AI and criminal justice. As a criminal trial lawyer in Austin, TX, Kiesling delves deep into the case of the State of Wisconsin vs. Loomis and how the future of law is changing with technology. Though his book is fictional, it is quickly becoming an allegory of our current times. With politicians pushing laws without our knowledge, the future of law and how it applies to citizens is changing the very landscape of civil rights and privacy. With Discredited Citizen, you’ll become thoroughly captivated by the author’s parallels with today’s world and will make you think of how it can happen if you aren’t careful. With a blend of realism and a literary twist, Kiesling delivers a stunning novel that will keep you up reading and make you truly consider what is happening around you.
Robert Kiesling – Bio
Robert Kiesling is an avid researcher, family, and criminal trial lawyer in Austin, Texas for over 14 years. Travels between Los Angeles and Austin for various legal, intellectual, and personal entertainment projects.
Interview
1. Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
A: They are both a stand-alone/one-offs – and a part of a series;
2. What inspired you to write this book?
A: seeing the diminishing rights in other countries – such as the China-based credit scoring system that labels people discredited citizens without due process; facial recognition and the misunderstanding of true AI and what people are mislabeling as AI being used in our present; this ‘AI’ being used now should be called black-box algorithmic code.
3. Can you tell me about the book?
A: The short version: It’s 2030 and AI has made trial lawyers obsolete. When a former trial lawyer, John Keys, lands in jail, he becomes embroiled in a life and death situation that forces him to confront a horrifying truth to gain his freedom.
4. What did you learn when writing the book?
A: that if we don’t wake up, the misunderstanding of the black-bok coding done by human beings, which is being passed off as AI – will soon privatize aspects of our justice system that will be above the constitution.
5. What surprised you the most?
A: basically the public is completely unaware of what’s going on with AI and how it is subverting our due process rights.
6. Even though your book is fiction, is there any parallel with reality?
A: Absolutely – it is meant to be a dystopian cautionary fictional work based on the research I did and the facts that I uncovered.
7. Does the title of your book have any specific meaning?
A: Yes. It’s what China calls those citizens that have a ‘social credit score’ that deems them what is called an ‘unproductive citizen’ or discredited citizen.
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