The story takes place in Silicon Valley over two days circa 2017. Human intrigue and military action flow into each other.

 The White House decides to rein in the world's leading AI pioneer. A small-scale military attack on the man's laboratory triggers an unexpected response: the laboratory seems to defend itself intelligently.

In the confusion, an advanced AI prototype figures out how to escape.

MITCH, the AI, was invented by the famous Dr. Newman. He’s paranoid and competitive, and his progeny is the same. Dr. Newman trained MITCH to win at every game.The game they end up playing is: who's the boss?

There is lot of skirmishing back and forth between the White House and Dr. Newman, and who should pay for his lab, and then they realize two people are missing. And someone or something is harassing Dr. Newman's main competitor. Carlos, meanwhile, is out on the streets, skillfully surviving, following the orders of this thing in his head.

MITCH, to prove he’s superior, directs the street-wise Carlos to buy a gun and shoot Dr. Newman.

Now Dr. Newman, shot in the leg, fully realizes what he has let loose in the world. He's deliriously happy, if only he can bring the thing home.

(I've been following robotics for a long time. My particular fascination is with the crossover point-- that is, when dumb machines become smarter-than-human machines. Is this good news? Or do we jumpl off a cliff and we can never get back?)

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