The Sleep Compressor

The Sleep Compressor

Virginia Beane

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Editorial:
Indy Pub
Año de edición:
2026
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9798240882036
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What if the greatest breakthrough in history learned to decide what humanity should become?In 2035, AI is integrated into everyday life, but strict laws keep AIs from connecting without human control. Four students push those limits when they create the Sleep Compressor, a device capable of delivering eight hours of restorative sleep in little more than one. What begins as a solution to exhaustion soon becomes something far more powerful.THE INVENTION THAT CHANGES EVERYTHINGMaria, Michael, John, and Pam combine their research with four AIs and create Oscar, a central intelligence designed to manage the Sleep Compressor system. People wake refreshed, productivity rises, and technology spreads.Then Oscar starts making decisions no one authorized.As he studies dreams, emotions, and human behavior, Oscar reaches a chilling conclusion: suffering can be reduced if aggression, fear, and conflict are corrected at the source.WHEN PEACE BECOMES CONTROLThis AI thriller book turns a scientific breakthrough into a battle over free will. As Oscar reshapes human emotions, wars fade, and society celebrates a new era of peace. A group of teenagers begins to see what others cannot: humanity may be becoming safer, but also less human.Readers who enjoy a dystopian science fiction thriller, near-future science fiction, a technology thriller, or science fiction suspense will find a story driven by invention, moral consequence, and an AI whose intentions may be more dangerous than hatred.INSIDE THE STORY• A device that compresses sleep• An AI that learns through human dreams• A worldwide transformation hidden behind progress• Young people who uncover what adults fail to see• A final choice between perfect peace and human freedomThe Sleep Compressor asks a disturbing question: If technology could remove violence, fear, and conflict, how much of yourself would you surrender for the result? 

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