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This was so goooooooood!! Such a quick, thought provoking book. Read it! (43)
⭐️: 4.5/5

Thank you so much @AmyG ! I am very much looking forward to time off in the new year to read both of these. Your thoughtfulness really brightened my holiday.

This book had me so stressed out on behalf of this beleaguered family! Their anxiety was palpable, as was their privilege. The book brought up a lot of ethical questions about AI in a thoughtful way. This story was riveting and harrowing because I could really imagine this scenario playing out.

This is an excellent read on AI without it being too techy, too pro AI, too anti AI or preachy on anything.

Its about a family grappling with the impact of a car accident that includes marriage, parenting, privilege, tech billionaires, culpability, responsibility, decision repercussions and how a family operates as a unit and adapts as lives change.

I highly recommend. My personal best book of 2025.

Not really my thing. These big thinky litfic novels never really land for me. This one tackles the ethical questions around allowing AI to make decisions for us - but it also undermines itself in the end. This is prime for discussion though so get into it with your bookclub!

The storyline I was most interested in (a teenage girl and her emotional involvement with a chatbot) was not explored nearly enough.

WOW. This was recommended to me by one of my library trustees… and I am so thankful. It really gets you thinking about morality, ethics, and AI. I really really enjoyed this - it would be great for book groups too! Listened to the audio and would recommend.

This was an interesting take on the morality and ethics involving AI. Some parts are slower than others but it mostly held my attention. There are a couple revelations that made me bump it up to 4 stars on Goodreads. It‘s definitely a timely story. And it was cool that it took place in the Delmarva area. Love the Maryland representation (although it mostly took place in Delaware and Virginia). It‘ll be unnerving to see how AI affects society.

Great audio book! This is about the ethics of AI. After a family of five is involved in a severe car accident, in a car using high tech AI features, who is at fault, the driver or the technology? This one will make you think. A lot. About artificial intelligence, how it is being used and where it goes from here. How it will affect our lives both positively and negatively.

A thought-provoking novel about human intention , creation, morality and responsibility in this new age and world of AI . “ platforms that enable information sharing yet also manipulate spread of of disinformation that leads to the overthrow of democratic governments “

Is this book a mystery? Is it a character study in morality and culpability? Is it a warning about AI? Yes to all of it. I‘m glad that Oprah pushed the book so that people could start thinking more about the dangers of where we go with AI. Unfortunately, though, it was a low pick for me.

Last morning of quiet reading at Gladstone‘s. 😢 we‘re having Sunday lunch then some of us are heading home - some lucky ducks aren‘t leaving until tomorrow.

Loved this book - 17 year old Charlie is in the driver‘s seat of the family‘s driverless minivan when it is involved in a fatal collision.

Weaving human and AI behaviour this is a twisty-turns look at how what we think and say (and what we don‘t say) impacts on all our lives.

A crash involving a self-driven car kills two people and raises questions about who exactly is to blame: the 17-year-old behind the wheel? The father in the passenger seat? The AI system in the car? The algorithm's designer? As the police close in, secrets emerge that threaten to drive the family apart in this compelling and thought-provoking look at how technology affects every aspect of our lives.

This book went in directions I didn‘t expect, several of which caused my eyeballs to roll and my eyebrows to raise. I also didn‘t really like any of the characters. Nevertheless, it was a propulsive and thought-provoking read about the moral responsibility and ethical consequences of using Artificial Intelligence.

A family of 5 is headed for an event with the 17 year old behind the wheel, but the vehicle in AI driving mode. They end up hitting another car head on, killing both occupants. While this is definitely an exploration of AI, it‘s also an examination of the various ways each human contributed to the situation. I thought it was fantastic.

I know a number of Goodreads readers panned this book but I thought it was similiar to a morality play, it provided an angle on AI and especially future autonomous features in automobiles, equipment, and warcraft. For this reason I liked the book and took away from it thought provoking information and ideas. Albeit aside from the family drama caused by non-communication and jealously.

Culpability relied a bit too heavily on coincidence toward the end and was a smidge more heavy handed than I‘d like, but was still an excellent, timely read. Lots of good bits about raising teens. Lots of thought-provoking arguments for and against AI.

What a ride (pun intended 😉)! This was a look at the way technology, AI that is, has changed and will continue to change our world. The implications of our current decisions will create ripple effects throughout the world and into the future. These big ideas are shown using a modern family and self driving cars. The beginning took off, found the middle meandering, but the end was great! Parents will do anything for their kids, AI, ethics.

This one‘s a gripper! Who‘s responsible for the car accident that killed two people? The teenager who was driving? The dad in the passenger seat who narrates the book? The automatic driving system that was running the car? As the details of the accident unfold, we come closer to grasping the details of what happened along with the secrets that keep this family rolling along. Family dynamics play a big part here all the way to the end.

A family drama with such moral intrigue around AI. This one is impossible to nail down and rave about in 451 characters. The relationships were raw and real. The story was told through the dad/husband point of view, the interiority honest and clear, but the other characters are well understood fulsome throughout.

Picked up my library holds. It‘s all green grass and blue skies!

This was a decent enough grid with a few I‘ll likely forget about. Interesting to me that my opinion vastly differed on my two AI specific reads. Tagged my favorite.

5 ⭐️= Loved It, would recommend to others. A+
4 ⭐️= Liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3.5 ⭐️ =Hard decision of pick or so-so 3 ⭐️= Meh, no need to discuss. Avg C
2 ⭐️=Nope D
1 ⭐️=DNF F

Nope. I won‘t be riding a driverless car any time soon!

An interesting read after this administration‘s power play for complete and unfettered dominance of AI.
It‘s one thing to rely on AI to write your email. It‘s quite another thing to rely on a drone full of explosives manned by AI to make a tactical decision determining if it‘s a car full of terrorists or a family of five.

When do say it‘s too much machine and not enough humanity?

This is a family drama and we read the some benefits and concerns of this AI incorporated world we are headed into at full speed ahead. It was presented in a way that just made me realize, yep, it‘s time for me to pat attention to our new reality. I followed it up with Oprah‘s interview of the author which makes the book even more compelling.