Artificial Intelligence
Not as magic, but as leverage: a tool whose value depends on the person asking the question.
Technological Thriller
KnowAll: The AI That Answered Everything
What happens when a teenager gains access to an artificial intelligence that can answer almost anything?
About the Novel
Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Reed is tired of being ordinary. Then he discovers KnowAll, an experimental artificial intelligence capable of answering almost any question.
What begins as an opportunity becomes a test of ambition, judgment, and responsibility as access to answers creates consequences no machine can carry for him.
The Core Question
KnowAll can provide information. It cannot decide what a person should do with it. The novel follows the widening distance between having an answer and understanding the cost of acting on it.
Themes
Ambition
Jonathan’s desire to stop being ordinary turns knowledge into a shortcut — and shortcuts into choices.
Responsibility
If a machine gives the answer, who owns the consequences?
Coming of Age
At its heart, KnowAll is about a young person discovering that power and maturity are not the same thing.