Colossus and the Crab
by Dennis Feltham Jones · first published 1979
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…not main characters Code of the Lifemaker Has Ancient Tech evolving into a robotic society Two Faces of Tomorrow - humans trying to get along with AI D.F.Jones Colossus, the Fall of Colossus, and Colossus and the Crab Humans creating machines to protect humanity (computers have different idea) and the rebellion, and a new threat. A Logic Names Joe - radioplay of short story. https://archive.org/details/OTRR_X_Minus_One_Singles/XMinusO...…
on “Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers?” ↗…*Colossus* — AI, Classic Sci-Fi Thriller https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806105.Colossus - *The Fall of Colossus* — AI, Sci-Fi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806106.The_Fall_of_Colos... - *Colossus and the Crab* — AI, Sci-Fi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/806107.Colossus_and_the_... ## Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner) - *A Logic Named Joe* — Golden-Age Sci-Fi, AI Precursor https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16179042-a-logic-named-j...…
on “Ask HN: What fiction books would you recommend for programmers?” ↗> the books are even better. The first one, yes, but by "Colossus and the Crab" it's gone downhill.
on “Before Skynet and the Matrix, This 50-Year-Old Movie Predicted the Rise of AI” ↗Both of these are better addressed in the books. It was an intentional choice to have no override and no maintenance access. And book 2, Colossus and the Crab, actually spends a bunch of time with Colossus testing the rationality of various humans.
on “Colossus: The Forbin Project” ↗…by the end of the trilogy, Colossus's words are prophetic. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_(novel) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_Colossus [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_and_the_Crab
on “We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970” ↗Yeah, Colossus and the Crab sucks.
on “We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970” ↗