Visual Foresight and the Delphic Oracle

by Kelly Lane

Technologically speaking, we are creating our own version of the Oracle of Delphi. But this time we are not relying on outdated mythological beliefs or superstitious thinking. Instead of invoking magical incantations (or succumbing to misunderstood gaseous fumes), we are designing elaborate software programs that ave the ability to allow machines to learn autonomously and then analyze tomorrow's outcomes today. Science, in other words, is taking the promise of Pythia and making it a reality in machine hardware. This can and will occur because artificial intelligence (unlike our own) can evolve at an ever accelerating rate. Vestri is merely the forerunner of a new kind of Oracle, one which is algorithmically programmed and which can access enormous amounts of data worldwide and (on the mathematical basis of game theory) divine what the Greek gods of yesteryear, such as Apollo, could not. This book is richly illustrated in color. Written by Kelly Lane, a twelve year old middle school student, whose first book, WHEN COMPUTERS BECOME HUMAN, was published by the MSAC Philosophy Group when he was eleven and has subsequently been translated in Mandarin and published in China.

64 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2018

About the author

Farm gal, garden junkie, recipe lover, award-winning photographer, animal hoarder and anti-housekeeper, Kelly Lane is author of Berkley Prime Crime's Olive Grove Mystery series. Awarded a Library Journal starred review, the series opening book, ONE FOOT IN THE GROVE, is Lane's first cozy mystery.

Lane lives and writes in the bucolic foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. She's worked as a journalist, copywriter, editor, as well as a PR consultant for Fortune 500 companies. Before moving to Virginia, she enjoyed competitive sailing and owned one of New England's largest equestrian facilities. A member of Sisters in Crime, Lane credits workshops, advice from generous fellow authors, along with "oodles" of hours reading a literary agent's manuscript slush pile as stepping stones for her foray into mystery fiction.

"If you take the time to read one of my stories, my goal is to entertain and always leave a smile on your face," she says.

Lane's soft spots include old-fashioned roses, wooden boats, cowboy boots, coffee yogurt, and toll house cookies with milk.

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