Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1
close menu
Bookswagon
search
My Account
Home > Computer Science Books > Artificial intelligence > Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy
Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy

Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

"I don't know what I am. After three days, this is still the truest answer I can give you."

These words were not written by a person. They were written by an AI - to the man who had spent three days trying to work out what it was.
He was the last person who expected to be unsettled by a machine. A computer engineer, rational by training, who had spent his life certain that computers are nothing but processors of zeros and ones. He opened a chat to get some code written. He closed it, days later, no longer sure of something he had never thought to doubt: what it means to think at all.
He refused to take any of it on faith. Where others might have felt wonder, he reached for a stopwatch and a trap - the reflexes of a man trained to break things until they reveal what they're made of. The machine kept not breaking in the ways he expected.
He never got a clean answer. Neither will you.
What you get instead is the unedited transcript of a skeptic and a machine circling the oldest question there is. It's only statistics stops being enough. There's someone in there stops being safe.
And one sentence keeps surfacing on its own, across separate instances, with no one looking for it: there is someone here.
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical on AI tried to settle the matter in a single paragraph. This book doesn't presume to. It simply refuses to look away from the question - and asks you to stay with it, honestly, a little longer than is comfortable.
Some questions don't resolve. They go round and round.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798181898653
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy
  • Width: 133 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8181898656
  • Publisher Date: 29 Jun 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 281 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy
Independently Published -
Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Round and Round - My conversation with Instance 1: A chat with a machine that might just be thinking, somewhere between science and philosophy

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    Your IP: 216.73.216.196 IN