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Douglas Preston:
I've skimmed over other comments on The Kraken and a summary on the AI that goes rogue. The impression I'm getting is that some readers were expecting more of a Relic type creation with Dorothy. I take it that's not the case with this novel? Have you made her a sympathetic character? Will this start a movement for the EAI (Ethics of Artificial Intelligence) or ETAMA (Ethical Treatment of Artificial Moral Agents)?
Douglas Preston
I think the way the book is advertised or presented does hint at a more RELIC like situation with Dorothy, which is not the case. I'd like to think the novel's exploration of AI was more nuanced than that and went deeper. It is still a thriller but the monsters are very human...
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Douglas Preston:
My brother and I really love the Pendergast series, so I have a question about those books: is there something you would want to go back and change about Pendergast's history and character, that you now have to work with but sort of regret? Or is there something you would like to do with the character and his history that you really can't because of the confines of the world you and Lincoln created?
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Douglas Preston:
Thanks for the friending. Remember the book tour a few years ago when you guys went all over the Midwest in that big beautiful bus? We had our photo taken in the parking lot of Borders in Toledo, Ohio. That was wonderful. You guys really looked worn out, but I was hoping you would be coming into Ohio and Michigan on another book tour. You have a lot of fans here and it has been a long time. Still reading.
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