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Review of Terms of Service
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Review of Terms of Service, by Craig W. Stanfill.
Kim, the main character of this book, works at the Artificial Intelligence Company, training AI’s and hopes to be able to work with higher order AI’s. There she’ll be able to perform more meaningful tasks that contribute to a better function society. However, as she climbs the ladder in her profession, she realizes the gravity of the role she plays in society, and her world turns upside down.
Everyday life, outside of work is completely controlled by AI’s, the concept of privacy is completely foreign to people. Every aspect of their lives is being watched over and controlled, from what people eat to the clothes that people are allowed to wear. Peoples’ originality falls away completely as they aren’t even allowed to express themselves through their style. Even the company people keep and music they listen to is being controlled and being closely monitored. Social gatherings are also mostly held through the use of Virtual Reality instead of face-to-face meetings.
Besides working with AI’s, Kim lives a bland and adventurous-less life, except when she’s with her best friend, Shan. Together they test the limits AI’s have set in place. When they land in some trouble Kim comes to realize that this “perfect world” created is actually ridiculous.
The author of Terms of Service, Craig W. Stanfill, captures the essence with the book very nicely through his writing style. In the beginning there are a lot of descriptive words which gives the book a more dragging feeling, this mimics the lives of the characters, especially Kim, as her life at this point is still boring, plain and very nondescript. When the book starts to reach its climax, the excessive descriptive words fall away to give the book a faster pace as the tension builds. The book doesn’t lose its essence through this though, it just keeps getting better.
Craig W. Stanfill uses brilliant metaphors throughout the entire book te describe the different situations, stages, and factions in this book. The author also makes use of clever and well thought out sarcastic and humorous comments when characters are communicating with each other.
Terms of Service has no glaringly obvious errors and has clearly been thoroughly edited. The language used throughout the book may take a while to get used to as there seems to be a different dialect used amongst people, this includes jargon that is unfamiliar to us but is easy enough to figure out. The book does not have any profanity or crude words but there is an excessive amount of alcohol and drug usage and there are some explicit scenes that I would not recommend to younger readers. Kim drinks almost everyday, starting at the first chapter and does not stop or slow down until very far into the book. Drugs are used especially at clubs and social meetings where people engage in amorous activities.
The book is a bit of a slow burner in the beginning, but I would recommend people to hang on as it is absolutely worth it. This book is part of the fiction genre but, made me think about a lot of things and view certain things in current day life through a new perspective. It makes you think about what could happen in our future if we aren’t careful… especially in thus new age where technology is already a big part of out lives.
I definitely recommend this book to people who has a love for fictional tales and is looking for something new. This book had a completely unique story line, I have read a lot of fiction that has more or less the same plot as other books part of the fiction genre, this however is not that, this book is completely unique and definitely worth the read. It is interesting and different; it leaves readers excited for the sequel. Terms of Service is a book worthy of a 4 out of 4 stars rating.
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Terms of Service
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Review of Terms of Service, by Craig W. Stanfill.
Kim, the main character of this book, works at the Artificial Intelligence Company, training AI’s and hopes to be able to work with higher order AI’s. There she’ll be able to perform more meaningful tasks that contribute to a better function society. However, as she climbs the ladder in her profession, she realizes the gravity of the role she plays in society, and her world turns upside down.
Everyday life, outside of work is completely controlled by AI’s, the concept of privacy is completely foreign to people. Every aspect of their lives is being watched over and controlled, from what people eat to the clothes that people are allowed to wear. Peoples’ originality falls away completely as they aren’t even allowed to express themselves through their style. Even the company people keep and music they listen to is being controlled and being closely monitored. Social gatherings are also mostly held through the use of Virtual Reality instead of face-to-face meetings.
Besides working with AI’s, Kim lives a bland and adventurous-less life, except when she’s with her best friend, Shan. Together they test the limits AI’s have set in place. When they land in some trouble Kim comes to realize that this “perfect world” created is actually ridiculous.
The author of Terms of Service, Craig W. Stanfill, captures the essence with the book very nicely through his writing style. In the beginning there are a lot of descriptive words which gives the book a more dragging feeling, this mimics the lives of the characters, especially Kim, as her life at this point is still boring, plain and very nondescript. When the book starts to reach its climax, the excessive descriptive words fall away to give the book a faster pace as the tension builds. The book doesn’t lose its essence through this though, it just keeps getting better.
Craig W. Stanfill uses brilliant metaphors throughout the entire book te describe the different situations, stages, and factions in this book. The author also makes use of clever and well thought out sarcastic and humorous comments when characters are communicating with each other.
Terms of Service has no glaringly obvious errors and has clearly been thoroughly edited. The language used throughout the book may take a while to get used to as there seems to be a different dialect used amongst people, this includes jargon that is unfamiliar to us but is easy enough to figure out. The book does not have any profanity or crude words but there is an excessive amount of alcohol and drug usage and there are some explicit scenes that I would not recommend to younger readers. Kim drinks almost everyday, starting at the first chapter and does not stop or slow down until very far into the book. Drugs are used especially at clubs and social meetings where people engage in amorous activities.
The book is a bit of a slow burner in the beginning, but I would recommend people to hang on as it is absolutely worth it. This book is part of the fiction genre but, made me think about a lot of things and view certain things in current day life through a new perspective. It makes you think about what could happen in our future if we aren’t careful… especially in thus new age where technology is already a big part of out lives.
I definitely recommend this book to people who has a love for fictional tales and is looking for something new. This book had a completely unique story line, I have read a lot of fiction that has more or less the same plot as other books part of the fiction genre, this however is not that, this book is completely unique and definitely worth the read. It is interesting and different; it leaves readers excited for the sequel. Terms of Service is a book worthy of a 4 out of 4 stars rating.
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Terms of Service
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Latest Review: Terms of Service by Craig W. Stanfill
