Deadly Bytes: A Book About a Serial Killer, His AI, and a Reflection on Giving Away Our Judgment | A Conversation With Author Douglas J. Wood

A few months ago I talked with thriller writer Douglas J. Wood about his novel Deadly Bytes. A serial killer builds an AI to stay one step ahead of the FBI, and by the end he can't make a move without it. Wood described that slide in a way that had nothing to do with murder. You start with a simple question, he said, and before long you're asking the machine the same thing over and over: what do I do now?