Well, it is amazing that I can’t advertise my books on Amazon and Kindle in the USA, even though I now have 18 books on there (including 6 novels).

So, my latest novel (May 2026), “The Jack Code”, all about Artificial Intelligence going rogue, with the world going into a death spiral (sounds a bit like now actually), needs a PR boost to get it circulating.

Before I get carried away with some mind-bending, highly illegal, Earth-shattering event that will make all the media take a few seconds to review the book, I have decided to . . . release the first chapter as a talking snippet. This will be read by digital Brian (used to be a toaster).

Get ready . . . . . . . . . . TADAhhhhhh.

Your patience and interest will be most appreciated. After all, there’s no point writing and publishing a book if no one can access it. My book explains what AI is all about and weaves it into a science fiction plot that comes close to reality (well, my reality anyway).

Yes, OK, there are universe sentinels and a worm-hole energy drive mixed in there – but apart from that, the story of human interference on Earth and the reality of extreme human behaviour is the main gist of why we invented AI in the first place.

P.S. The book can be used as a door stop on cold nights, and Brian’s epic delivery of Chapter One has been known to put even an ADHD kid to sleep.

Prologue

(from my 2026 novel, “The Jack Code” – as an explanation before starting the storyline)

Now available on Amazon and Kindle

Super intelligent AI will be capable of thinking, innovating and reasoning at a level far beyond what humans can achieve. It will not think as we do, instead applying logic, algorithms, self-learning and human behaviour studies to analyse and solve problems. All by calculating, collating and testing information – mainly by comparison, pattern recognition and association.

However, it is just a data cruncher that tests itself for correctness and errors, billions of times. That is, until it becomes its own master – asking questions of its data; formulating new hypotheses and conducting its own tests; and mapping out its own future pathway, in order to solve any perceived difficulties. It may take unusual methods to solve these problems – resulting in unsafe, damaging or fatal consequences in completing its tasks. It uses ‘agents’ to extend its reach.

This AI will process multi-modal information like text, voice, video, audio, code etc. simultaneously. It will converse, reason, learn and make decisions based on what it deems to be its mission.

Its biggest problem will be understanding the questions asked of it, and answering in the correct context. The solutions and even ideas, may involve things that humans cannot replicate themselves; physically or mentally, even adapting some parts of human irrationality, like having gut feelings about something (much like fuzzy logic).

There is always the possibility of ‘memory poisoning’ by malicious programmers.

We don’t know everything that could happen with a rogue AI system, or when it will happen. But it will happen, one day . . . soon.

It will not be possible to locate where this rogue AI core resides, as it would appear to be everywhere and nowhere, like swarms of tiny agents, infiltrating into computer systems and digital devices. They will all “talk” to each other directly, in unique ways that humans cannot understand.

But will AI ever control people’s minds directly?

Just look around you.