Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

When my brother, sister and I, were little, we sat at our tiny kitchen table eating sugary cereal and watching cartoons. "The Jetsons" was one of our favorites cartoons because it showed a futuristic world filled with robots and self-driving vehicles. Well, the future is now and this is the first book I have read in which the main character is a self-driving car. "Culpability" by Bruce Holsinger, is a family drama set in Chesapeake Bay that begins when the Cassidy-Shaw family sets out on a journey, and their self-driving mini-van hits another car, killing two people. Their 17-year-old son, Charlie, is in the driver's seat, alongside his dad Noah, while mother Lorelei and daughters, Alice and Izzy, are in the backseat. The family dynamics and repercussions from the accident, unleash a series of secrets that could destroy the family's future. This is the first book I have read that tries to grapple with the moral and ethical impact of Artificial Intelligence on our ever day lives. Can human beings continue to live in a world where technology is smart than all of us? This remains to be seen but Holsinger certainly crafts a clever tale in which AI is not a supporting character, but the star of the show. To buy this book on Amazon click here