{"product_id":"your-behavior-will-be-monitored-9781616964542","title":"Your Behavior Will Be Monitored","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis compulsively readable novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e[STARRED REVIEW] \"Woven with sharp humor, clever advertising satire, and hopepunk optimism, this novel is both thought-provoking and unexpectedly heartening.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Library Journal \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBrilliantly inventive and thoroughly entertaining...a story that will make you think twice before you click \"accept\" on your next user agreement.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntoine Wilson, author of\u003c\/i\u003e Mouth to Mouth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMegacorporation UniView is poised to cement their reputation as \"the most trusted name in AI.\" After pioneering the world's first widely adopted AI bots, they are barreling toward an audacious new launch. That is, if they can pull it off in time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Noah. A down-and-out copywriter reeling from a midlife crisis, he isn't the typical hire for a groundbreaking tech company full of brilliant engineers and run by a cutthroat CEO. But Lex, UniView's Head of HR and one of their greatest successes, makes no mistakes--her algorithm ensures it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUniView's latest venture--a bot named Quinn that creates revolutionary personalized advertising--needs expert training. Noah needs to teach Quinn--which is a much better student than he ever could have hoped for--the finer points of consumer motivation and the art of writing a catchy tagline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when corporate competitors force UniView to accelerate its timeline to market, guardrails around the AI loosen just as Quinn seems to be learning a bit too much. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAddictively readable and ridiculously entertaining, \u003ci\u003eYour Behavior Will Be Monitored\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning, hilarious romp through the promise and perils of an AI-driven future that we probably deserve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616964542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Justin Feinstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239363113141,"sku":"9781616964542","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_304509e3-1ba5-466f-b350-327a4020e518.jpg?v=1770917952","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/your-behavior-will-be-monitored-9781616964542","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}