27 Oct 2019

When AI is in charge - Writer Chris Else

From Standing Room Only, 2:40 pm on 27 October 2019
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Imagine in the not too distant future, a New Zealand where Artificial Intelligence is in charge of  all aspects of your life, and if you're not officially registered you'll be incarcerated.

This is the scenario for author Chris Else's ninth novel, Waterline. It starts with a family forced to leave the good life of Wellesley for a dodgy town called Byte, and where the authorities incarcerate Stella's husband Brian leaving her alone with their teenage children. Chris begins by reading from Waterline for us.