Artificial Intelligence: The Final Dominion - Artificial Intelligence, #1

A swift and sly take over by Artificial General Intelligence. Will humans learn to govern themselves? When a technology is smarter than humans. When a machine can write its own upgrade. Will A I treat humans as equals?In the late 1980s, a shocking personal circumstance gives five computer science students reason to scrutinize the computer and robotics industry. One savvy computer engineer refuses to accept the computer industry's status quo but becomes a high-profile figure.
Enter the age of the Internet of Things, when all house appliances become smart and are connected to a network, but nobody understands what a powerful AI could do with IoT until it is done. Cyber security agent Marcus Coates is consigned with the task to find a rogue virus and eliminate it. Earth's future rests in the hands of a few. As fallout entails, how long will the five be able to hold on to their secret? A small group of influential power players are willing, at all cost to put an end to this chaos.
Marcus Coates' conscience is heavy-former hacker wonders if he is an enemy of the state or an enemy of the people. The truth is never a secret.