01698cam a2200289 4500 553025858 TxAuBib 20211012120000.0 201124s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020052276 9780385547222 0385547226 (OCoLC)1224583609 DLC eng rda DLC BDX YDX UWB OCLCO WAN YU6 OCO TCH JPL GK8 ILC UOK OCLCO OCLCF TxAuBib Kasulke, Calvin. Several people are typing : a novel / Calvin Kasulke. First edition. New York, NY : Doubleday, 2021. 248 pages ; 22 cm. "A mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm finds his consciousness uploaded into the company's internal Slack channel"-- Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York-based public relations firm, has been uploaded into the company's internal Slack channels. At least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it is just an elaborate ploy to exploit their lax work-from-home policy. Disembodied and alarmed by the looming abyss of an eternity on-line, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to find out what happened to his body and help him escape. Slackbot, Slack's AI assistant, helps Gerald navigate his new digital reality. Why is Slackbot so interested in Gerald? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean? -- adapted from jacket. 20211012. Virtual reality Fiction. Artificial intelligence Fiction. Public relations firms Fiction. Humorous fiction. lcgft