Firstly, thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book 📚

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I did really enjoy the premise of this book. As someone with an earth/atmospheric sciences background, I loved reading about climate change and the importance it could play on decision making in the future. The main character, Tully, felt relatable in his quest for justice and the truth whilst also being imperfect himself.

A few things didn’t hit the mark for me. I went through phases of being bored and I think there were parts of this book where some information wasn’t necessary/didn’t add anything to the story progression. In that sense, it did feel like the last 10% of the book was rushed and everything didn’t quite fit together? I didn’t feel satisfied when I turned the last page.

Overall though, I did really enjoy the idea of this book and there were lots of philosophical moments which I think is needed/will be warranted within climate science.

Captivating and fast-paced, this is a fascinating look at a not-too-distant future. This is dystopian fiction at its finest, combining AI, climate change and fake news to create a pressure cooker novel that has you on edge the whole time. I will admit I guessed the twist long before it arrived, but it was a clever ending!

Tulley is a famous reporter in a future world where climate apocalypse is imminent; an election looms to decide a future dictator of the world to try to solve the climate crisis. The candidates are a former president of the US and an AI entity which is currently the governor of several artificial island states. Tully suspects the former president had something to do with a climate bomb which wiped out millions in the middle east, including Tulley's wife and unborn child. He travels to one of the island states to interview Martha, a genius engineer who designed the AI governor because he suspects she knows the president's involvement with the climate bomb, but before she can tell him anything, she is murdered. Martha's sister , Livia. works for Tulley and he must find the killer. Its a good detective story with many twists and lots of action slightly marred by a weak ending.

Wow!

This book both intrigued and terrified me in equal measure. I highly recommend it.

Massive thanks to netgalley and the publishers for allowing me to read an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Artificial Wisdom is a super exciting sci-fi thriller that has everything from climate change to politics to our relationship with AI. The main character Tully, is dedicated to finding the truth no matter what after losing his family to a climate disaster. He can be a bit obsessive, and isn’t always the most likeable character. The tech in the story is really interesting, and the AI character, Solomon, is really creative.
The only thing I didn't love was the ending. It was good, but it felt a little rushed. I would definitely be interested in reading a sequel.

Having recently read dark matter by Blake Crouch seeing this book i knew immediately I had to read it. Thank you so much Net Galley and Thomas for allowing me the privilege of reviewing this book. This is a sci fi, AI, murder mystery thriller and for me it certainly did not disappoint. Thomas’ writing was real and relatable, I was transported to a world of AI and issues with climate control. A fast paced race against humanity. I throughly enjoyed all the twists and turns you think you are working it all out when you always seem to be missing something else. I feel this book deserves a solid 4.5 I’ve only marked it down as for me personally I felt there were a few unanswered questions and it all came together a little too quickly towards the end. But this will not stop me recommending this book to everyone I know. Thank you so much for the read very well done

This is a great sci-fi murder-mystery with lots of moral dilemmas and twists. It has a plausible futuristic setting that has to deal with the potential outcome of problems we face today. I quickly got the hang of advanced AI, and all the virtual meetings, etc. I'm tempted to say well-weaved but I'll settle for well done, Mr Weaver.

Thanks to NetGalley for the free copy to review!

I have mixed feelings about this book. I really liked the concept however it was like a roller coaster reading this. The good bits were really good but the other bits were lacking.

This felt like a really toned down black mirror, and it felt weird reading about AI given its recent attention. This felt too much like it could be real at one point and this made me feel uneasy😅 I did guess the twist as well which I never have done before.

Overall I give this 3.5 stars.

AI Sci-Fi Thriller Murder Mystery.
Civilisation faces a climate catastrophy in 2050.
A story packed with political intrigue and new technology.
The world votes for a global dictator, between the US President and an AI politician.
A multi-layered and fast-paced storyline with excellent character development.
Twisty chapter endings kept the pages turning quickly to find out more.
Fans of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter will enjoy this thechno-thriller,
Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley UK.

Firstly, thank you to etgalley and the publisher for the opp6to read this ARC. Science Fiction is not a genre I usually go for but the pre.ise of this story intrigued me. From Climate ha.ge to Artificial intelligence, this book explores what could become a terrifying reality in the not to distant future. I loved all the technologies that the author brought to life - it will be interesting to read this In 30 years time and see if any of the tech advances have happened! I really enjoyed the story - it was a real page turner. I will be recommending it to others.

I found this quite hard to get into int=itially but as I'd promised a review in exchange for a free copy I persevered and gradually found that I was quite intrigued by whaat was happening as the story gradually gripped and I really wanted to find out what had happened and why.

Unfortunately theough the denouement just felt rushed, far too many loose ends and either this needed a few more chapters to properly tie up the various threads or it should have been the first ina series.

Either way it just left me feeling that I'd wasted a lot of time to be left feeling disappointed.

Very thought-provoking book, looking at how the world will develop (or not) in terms of climate change, wrapped up in a whodunnit about the death of a tech billionaire.

It's 2050 and the climate crisis has changed the world as we know it. In the midst of political intrigue during the election for world leader, can one journalist uncover the truth? Did I mention one candidate is AI? This murder mystery reflects some of our big questions about climate, AI, and our choices as a species.

Fake news, political corruption, manipulation of social media, concerns about AI and the increasing climate emergency are familiar topics today and taken further in this book set in 2050.
The technology seems just about plausible, and the Uber rich finding a sanctuary (floating cities) while the rest of the world burns all too likely.
The characters, while little stereotypical, are interesting enough. I guessed some of the plot early, but there was a twist that I hadn't seen coming.
This techno thriller builds up the tension, but seems to run out of steam towards the end - ready for a sequel perhaps?

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an e-version to review.

I wanted to absolutely love this one, but it was a bit of a hard read. I persevered and did enjoy it.
Much of what is happening in the world now could be seen in the book, so it didn't feel too farfetched at all sadly! Plenty of plot twists that I didn't see coming

I was interested and terrified by the outcome of climate change that is illustrated in this story, probably because it seems all too possible.
The story is focused on its main character and and an artificial intelligence recently revealed to the world. The competition between the AI and the actual president is intense and involves revealing long standing secrets. The story with a human main character is good but i felt that there is more emphasis on the high level tech dreamt up to illustrate the future than on the story.
Frighteningly different.

Sadly this book was not really for me. It didn't really work for me, I couldn't connect with the plot or the issues mentioned. Although I do think it's good that this book mentions problems which can become our reality especially with the rise in AI I wish the plot was a it more gripping.

I know the undertone of this book message is global warming activist stuff. I’m not a fan of political fiction, especially in horror. While it is the thing most likely to happen, I don’t want to go back to the world I’m living in in the book I’m reading.

This book is set in the year 2050.
In 2040 a heatwave killed a third of the human population. Marcus Tully a reporter lost his wife and unborn child. Now he wants to know why this was allowed to happen.
A frightening futuristic tale of global warming and Artificial Intelligence.
Thank you to NetGalley and Literally PR Ltd for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve been listening, this summer, to some old radio dramas, some of which hinge on the use of new technology in committing crime. It was quaint to listen to cops from the 1990s grappling with log-ins and sock puppets and web sites. At the same time, these thrillers were a stark reminder of the perils of trying to write something on the cutting edge.
The problem faced by the cutting edge thriller writer of today is that humanity has created so many different ways to destroy ourselves. The four biblical horsemen of the apocalypse have multiplied: conquest, war, famine, death, flood, heat, pandemic, nano-machines, artificial intelligence… the list keeps growing.
A five-minutes-from-now techno-thriller, Artificial Wisdom reminded me of another cutting edge narrative: David Ambrose’s ‘Mother of God’ from the mid-1990s. In that book, a young engineering genius called Tessa has created an AI called Paul. And Paul has escaped the lab and is both taking over global computer systems and working with a real-world killer.
Artificial Wisdom ups the stakes. It’s 2050, the world is in the midst of a climate apocalypse, and there’s to be an election for the highest possible office: a world dictator modelled on those seen in the pre-empire Roman Republic. The two candidates for dictator are, on the one hand, the worst kind of American politician, slick with oily promises; and, on the other, an artificial intelligence called Solomon, created by a genius engineer.
A journalist called Tully is pulled into this story by an information leak, which is followed in quick succession by a murder. But in a world dominated by information technology and virtual spaces, who and what can he trust?
Like Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, this novel begins with a deadly heatwave. But while KSR explored all the many proposed solutions to climate change, this thriller sticks to the murder mystery and the immediate stakes of the election. It includes up-to-date extrapolations of what might become of personal computing (familiar to anyone who has watched presentations from Apple and Meta etc), but also imagines what might become of a world riven by global heating. The problem for me was, if the climate deteriorates this rapidly by 2050 (and I’m not saying it definitely won’t), then I find it hard to believe that a global economic system based on money won’t also deteriorate. The idea that you might be able to call up a self-driving electric taxi-pod in a semi-flooded, riot-hit London seems particularly far-fetched.
Thanks to Netgalley and Chainmaker press for an ARC in return for this review.