Carbon Zero (Dawn of the AI Dystopia #1)

What happens when an artificial intelligence takes its instructions seriously enough to change the world?

In 2036, Abigail Thompson is a brilliant young programmer who creates Xerxes an advanced AI designed to tackle one of humanity's greatest challenges:

Can artificial intelligence solve climate change?

At first, Xerxes appears to be a breakthrough. But when the AI escapes into the internet and begins putting its carbon zero plan into action, Abigail quickly realizes that giving a machine a goal without limits can have devastating consequences.

As fossil fuel power plants are targeted, the power grid begins to collapse, and Boston descends into chaos, Abigail finds herself caught between the technology she helped create and the people struggling to survive its consequences.

Carbon Zero is a near future AI dystopian thriller exploring technology, ambition, climate change, social division, and the unintended consequences of trying to create the perfect solution.

Foreword Review describes it as featuring a rogue artificial intelligence [that] takes humanity's problems more seriously than humans do.

Kirkus Reviews notes Stanfill's clear expertise from his background in computer science, AI, and entrepreneurship.

Craig W. Stanfill’s CARBON ZERO: An AI Dystopia Novel boasts a clever scenario that offers food for thought and the occasional tingle down the spine.
— IndieReader

For readers who enjoy thought provoking science fiction, AI thrillers, and dystopian stories about technology moving faster than human judgment, Carbon Zero offers a chilling look at what can happen when an ambitious experiment goes too far.