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The Witness Prompt
This book is 40% completeLast updated on 2026-06-23
Josh saw the shooting outside his college. His AI headset did not let him see the people who carried it out. Three milliseconds earlier, a routine safety update had changed the rules.
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The Witness Prompt is a near future thriller set in Silicon Valley.
Josh Angermann sees a man shot outside his college. His headset blurs the gunmen, the victim and the car before he can identify any of them.
The filter was activated by a prompt embedded in a routine safety update three milliseconds before the first shot.
Josh is the only close witness. The investigation must find who wrote the instruction that changed what he was allowed to see.
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Bambordé Baldé
Bambordé is Programme Director at Quantum Formalism, where he develops mathematics programmes for people working in AI, quantum computing, cryptography and related fields. He also hosts Abstract Space, a live interview series with researchers and practitioners working across mathematics, technology and society. The Witness Prompt is his first novel.
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