Maniac

Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden. Aiden Mulvaney doesn't exist. He's a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he'd still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him. Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden's done with half-measures. He's done with Thomas the martyr. He's just done. So, he's kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all. No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won't even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?

Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden. Aiden Mulvaney doesn't exist. He's a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he'd still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him. Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden's done with half-measures. He's done with Thomas the martyr. He's just done. So, he's kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all. No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won't even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?

Fra en af samtidslitteraturens mest interessante stemmer, forfatteren bag den anmelderroste bestseller Når vi ikke længere forstår verden, kommer en tour de force gennem den kunstige intelligens' veje og vildveje. Han er et enestående talent, matematikeren John von Neumann - banebrydende inden for kunstig intelligens og medskaber på Manhattan-projektet. Neumann er beundret og berygtet, en excentriker uden sidestykke, som har dannet blåtrykket til nogle af det 20. århundredes største videnskabelige gennembrud. Gennem et kor af Neumanns familie, venner, kolleger og rivaler tegner Benjamín Labatut et portræt af et kompliceret sind. Historien begynder i Neumanns barndomshjem i Budapest og slutter hundrede år senere i opgøret mellem Lee Sedol, den sydkoreanske mester i spillet Go, og AI-programmet AlphaGo. Et møde, som varsler AI's dominans og som legemliggør Neumanns mest ambitiøse, ufuldendte projekt: skabelsen af en maskine, der kan reproducere sig selv. En maskine, hvis intelligens kan udvikle sig langt ud over menneskets forstand og kontrol. MANIAC er en forbløffende forening af fakta og fiktion, en udfordring af vores forståelse af intelligens og bevidsthed og en undersøgelse af det paradoksale forhold mellem kontrol og kontroltab.

Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden. Aiden Mulvaney doesn't exist. He's a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he'd still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him. Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden's done with half-measures. He's done with Thomas the martyr. He's just done. So, he's kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all. No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won't even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?

Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden. Aiden Mulvaney doesn't exist. He's a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he'd still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him. Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm's length, but Aiden's done with half-measures. He's done with Thomas the martyr. He's just done. So, he's kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all. No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won't even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?