Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution

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By Peter W. Singer ’97 and August Cole

Published March 18, 2020

In this science-fiction novel, Peter W. Singer ’97 and August Cole take research into how AI might push society’s limits and fictionalize a future where robots significantly impact society. Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is the tale of an FBI agent teaming up with a police robot to tear apart a terrorist tech-based conspiracy threatening the nation.

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