The Proving Ground (The Lincoln Lawyer, #8)

by Michael Connelly

We are engaged in a race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI. Indeed, the proverbial walls of the city have already been breached. Now is the time to act.’”

“Isaac Asimov was a futurist and a science fiction writer. He came up with the three laws: One, a robot cannot harm a human being. Two, a robot must obey orders from a human unless the order conflicts with the first law. And three, a robot must protect its own existence, as long as such action does not conflict with the first or second law.”

“Okay, Mr.… uh…” “Wojciechowski—pronounced like ‘Watch your car key.’ My father always said that when people had trouble with it.” “Thank you, Mr. Watch-your-car-key. I think you can go now. And can you ask the deputy marshal to step back in?”

While this is a work of fiction, the author learned much and drew inspiration from the pleadings in the Megan Garcia v. Character Technologies lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida.