David Pauli’s interest in AI piqued on a regular day, when he couldn’t help but think deeply about the systems and algorithms behind them.

He soon found himself curious about how interconnected systems react when pushed, how choices grow in impact, how responsibility spreads out, and how unexpected results can occur when the primary focus is on efficiency.

As AI technologies advanced, his curiosity switched into concern. What happens when systems designed to assist begin to optimize behavior itself? When tools become arbiters?

Rather than approaching the topic from a single discipline, Pauli opted to pursue two paths: fiction and non-fiction.

Now, thanks to his work, you’ll find him confronting the hardest-hitting and sometimes uncomfortable question: Who should be held accountable when AI becomes a little too powerful?