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Guy Morris

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Dan Brown, James Rollins, Steve Berry, Michael Crichton, the Bible

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Often compared to Dan Brown, Robert Ludlum and others, Guy's books earned the Reader's Favorite GOLD Award for SWARM, and SILVER Award for The Last Ark.

The Curse of Cortes, ranked award finalist. Booktrib also listed, The Curse of Cortes on their 2021 Favorite 25 Books, calling it Indiana Jones meets Da Vinci Code.

Guy Morris is a retired business executive for Fortune 100 companies, published song writer for Disney Records, inventor, Coast Guard charter captain, adventurer and author influenced by men of the Renaissance fluent in politics, religion and science. From Latin America to the Pacific, and from the Board Room to recording studio, Guy pulls from a rich life of experience. Guy’s books are written to thrill, educate and inspire tho ...more

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What role does religion and technology play in your books? (Without spoilers please)

Guy Morris A GREAT question. Thank you, Ratna.

Most AI novels are techno centric which paints AI as a dystopic technology taking over humanity like a primitive D…moreA GREAT question. Thank you, Ratna.

Most AI novels are techno centric which paints AI as a dystopic technology taking over humanity like a primitive Darwinism with silicon chips. Other novels dive into religious themes of technology as pure evil to push a particular teaching or dogma.

To be honest, as a man of personal faith, I struggled with both of these approaches because technology exists within a world of people who have diverse spiritual needs & beliefs. They counter each other, bounce off each other, and interplay on how we perceive paradigm shifting technologies, such as AI.

As an author, I strive to place facts before fiction. For me, to evaluate the potential of a technology as powerful as AI at singularity, only a few years away, I had to first explore the hubris of the human spirit in guiding, designing and deploying such tech. A study of human hubris led me to the similarities of hubris and tech within prophecies.

In fact, during the early 90’s, I used a massive geology computer with statistical probability programs, and National Geographic data from 1949-1990 to create a probability model for testing the likelihood of various prophecies, such as a third of the fish of the sea dying, a third of the bird falling, etc. My sad geekhood aside, I speak to the astounding outcomes and conclusions of this model in the book ( no spoilers).

If AI can successfully decode 500,000 Sumerian cuneiform text, how would AI interpret the scattered, fragmented, mythical creatures of end time prophecies, which exist in multiple religions. My goal with SWARM was to combine tech and faith in a balanced view without the unnecessary bias, dogma, spiritual mythology or dystopia.

As a result, you will discover the characters of SWARM range from agnostic, Christian, Jewish, Hindi, Buddhist and atheist. Together, the MC and other characters demonstrate the spiritual warmth of forgiveness, mercy, the power of truth over lies, and love in action while experiencing what one reader described as: "A pulse-pounding, grab you by the throat thrill ride."

Sting, the musician once wrote: "There's never been a miracle of science that didn't turn from a blessing to a curse." I wanted to create the near-reality scenario where people could realize that AI will be both.

Just as Dan Brown exposes failings and false teachings of the Catholic church in his books Angels & Demons, The Lost Symbol, and Da Vinci Code, SWARM explores the more current failings of the American Evangelical movement, some of whom are close friends so that too is balanced. Even unchecked patriotism is painted in the light of current events as a false religion.

As you can see, to integrate religion and technology took a great deal of careful consideration. I wanted SWARM to be thought provoking without offending; to present sensitive concepts that take the reader above tribe, flag or religion to the common fate we share. I wanted to demonstrate how current events continue to line up with ancient texts without telling the reader what to believe.

One reviewer, Red Headed Book Lover, Aimee Ann wrote: "As well as it is a great, espionage and thriller novel, it is also a unique, diverse one which is unlike your typical thriller . . . so thank you, Guy Morris, for writing a book that is fresh, exciting and gripping!"

Finally, I incorporate commercial and experimental AI in development today, while also eluding to a true story of a program that escaped the Lawrence Livermore Labs at Sandia, essentially a cryptology and signals lab for the NSA. A spy lab for a connected, digital world. The AP article did not say the program was lost, stolen or corrupted . . . the word it used was escaped, and never recaptured.

I spent months trying to think through what kind of program architecture could escape an NSA lab, and months longer working on a reason why. That event inspired me to create an espionage webisode in 96' that featured that program, which I called SLVIA (Sophisticated Virtual Intelligence Algorithm). We won dozens of awards and optioned by AOL until the FBI came to my home to ask me to shut down the site, giving me a reason I knew was a lie. Then in 2016, Russia hacked an antiquated CIA cyber tool kit server with separate apps that together provided nearly all of the functions I had assumed a good spy program would want in SLVIA.

In other words, even the most leading edge technology in the book is based on a truth. Fact before fiction.

I know this response rambled a bit, but I hope it answered your question.

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Hi Guy, Have reviewed 'Swarm' as promised. Hope you like it.? Rae

Guy Morris Hi Rae, LOVED it! Thank you for the kind review and super pleased you enjoyed the story.

Did you know that the FBI came to my home in the 90s when the…moreHi Rae, LOVED it! Thank you for the kind review and super pleased you enjoyed the story.

Did you know that the FBI came to my home in the 90s when the SLVIA first escaped the NSA labs. I had published a webisode on the event and they wanted me to take it down. A true story.

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“We are greater than our problems and stronger than our adversaries, but these are the times that try a man to determine his core truths, and his faith.”
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“This could be my Everest, man—no, no, even better. Hacking a military AI? Wow, man, that’s like, that’s like going to Mars, dude, yeah, like Mars!”
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“American evangelical leaders have succumbed to a watered-down salvation of entitlement, prosperity, conservative judges, and anti-abortion laws. They reap the seeds they’ve sown in an inept, blasphemous leader who divides and weakens his nation. Stripped of world dominance, power, and respect, Catholic leaders waddle in the shame of their pedophile-plagued clergy, inviting pagan religions into the house of God. Each has cut a Faustian deal with the devil, which presents Andre with an opportunity: a path to redemption”
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