Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
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Fiction. 380 pages. Hardcover. 2025. Kepler's.
A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 * 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist * A Kirkus Best Book of 2025 *
“Riveted” — Oprah Winfrey.
“A gripping, impossibly timely thriller."--NPR
Major AI ethics novel. A family confronts blame after an AI-linked autonomous-car crash.
When the Cassidy-Shaws' autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident.
Explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging, and unimaginably provocative.
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