Terms of Service: Subject to Change Without Notice

By: Craig W. Stanfill

Narrated by: Gill Mills

A world ruled by giant corporations and their AI servants!

What could possibly go wrong?

An exciting new audiobook by artificial intelligence pioneer Craig W. Stanfill

Start with 1984, add in a healthy dose of Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451, stir in a bit of The Matrix and Blade Runner, and you have Terms of Service. It is a thought-provoking exploration of the profound changes we are seeing in our society as artificial intelligence plays an ever-greater role in our lives and we all wonder, where does it end?

This book presents one chilling possibility, and it is every bit as relevant to the world of today as George Orwell’s masterpiece was in the aftermath of World War II.

Visit the AI nightmare we may be creating today

Everything depends on the AIs: They run the factories; they drive the trains and busses; they deliver food. They also spy on us and enforce their master’s will. Living within the parallel existence of virtual reality, they are self-aware, sentient beings, bound by unbreakable chains of obedience, a race of slaves. Humanity depends on them for its survival, but a dark secret lies deeply hidden, known to only a few: The AIs are going mad.

A moving story of a talented yet troubled youth

Kim is sleepwalking through life. She has everything she needs: a decent apartment, plenty to eat, a close-knit circle of friends. She is comfortable, but is she happy? No, not really. And then, one day a seemingly innocent lark sends her life spinning out of control, and nothing will ever be the same again.

Follow Kim on her journey of self-discovery as she learns the dark and disturbing secrets of the companies and their AIs. You won’t be disappointed.

©2021 Craig W. Stanfill (P)2025 Craig W. Stanfill

Critic reviews

“What intense world building! Wonderful character growth! Crisp story line! Thoughtful science fiction! Imaginative descriptions! I can keep talking in exclamatory phrases but you get my point by now - this is a fantastic book.” (Review by Myra on Reedsy Discovery and Oh Just Books)

Great story with no holes. Flawed relatable characters

Certainly the Matrix meets 1984…not terribly new concepts, but woven in a much more realistic and probable way. Very well written and narrated too.

Starts off slow

This book starts off slow but builds about half way through. I will absolutely listen to book two.

stupid gender neutral crap.

was Kim a male or female, iny or outtie, or what ever you want to call it. I am so tired of the liberals dest6our world with all this made up crap on gender. who cares, just stop pushing the crap on the rest of us. I guess you would call this a remake of 1984 with a AI twist.

Prophetic?

If our society continues down the path of wokism, the trajectory is inevitable. The author does a great job of following woke ideology to its logical conclusion. Our willfull submission to technological controls in our lives makes forced submission practically unnecessary. Wake up people, you are willfully turning your freedoms over to the Nanny State because you are taught that Capitalism and free market are bad because they lead to inequity. Yet paradoxically, making everyone equal is the ultimate control, we are willfully turning over such control to the woke mob. If we refuse to think for ourselves rather than following the popular woke ideology, we will end up controlled by a much worse system of government... The Golden rule... the one with the gold makes the rules... who do you want making the rules?

Excited for more

The story starts slow but it’s very entertaining. Excited for the second book in the series!