AI Builds Itself

The machines are already improving themselves. You just have not been told how fast.

In the spring of 2026, Claude began writing between seventy and ninety percent of the code used to train its own next version. AlphaEvolve spent over a year optimizing the training process for the very models that powered it, recovering enough wasted compute across Google’s global fleet to power a small country’s worth of servers. OpenAI’s Codex debugged the training pipeline that produced it. And a 630-line Python script showed that anyone with a single GPU could run autonomous AI research experiments overnight.

“AI Builds Itself” is the first comprehensive survey of recursive self-improvement as it exists right now. Written by H. Peter Alesso, an author with deep expertise in AI systems, web intelligence, and emerging technology, this book maps the full landscape: the organizations driving the science, the technical architectures that make self-improvement possible, the billion-dollar startups founded by the architects of AlphaGo and GPT-4, and the safety researchers warning that the feedback loops powering progress are the same loops that could outrun human oversight.

This book is for technology professionals, AI researchers, policymakers, investors, and informed general readers who want to understand the most consequential technological development of the decade, not through speculation or hype, but through documented evidence, cited research, and careful analysis of what the leading minds in the field are actually building.

You will learn how AlphaEvolve discovers algorithms that outperform fifty-six-year-old mathematical records. How the Darwin Godel Machine rewrites its own source code and evaluates whether the rewritten version is better at rewriting itself. How Karpathy’s AutoResearch framework turns plain-language instructions into an overnight autonomous research laboratory. How Constitutional AI attempts to keep self-improving systems aligned with human values. And why the AI 2027 forecast, graded at sixty-five percent of its predicted pace, still projects transformative change within the next eighteen months.

One appendix with a working implementation you can run yourself. A comprehensive glossary and bibliography. No hype. No science fiction. Just the clearest account available of what is happening inside the world’s most advanced AI laboratories and what it means for everyone outside them.
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Mash Up (Detective Qigiq: Book 1)

Kandy “Action” Dreeson of SFPD homicide gets a quirky partner when Qigiq moves south from Alaska to immerse himself in all things digital, keenly aware that even a 30-something detective is soon obsolete in the rampant world of hi-tech crime.

When a musician arrives at the police station holding a brown box and screaming about her missing roommate, the detectives are sucked into a torrent of cyber-clues from Amazon shipping policy to Zoom meetings. While dodging threats to their lives with each deciphered bit, they grow closer to dangerous forces that trade money for murder and secrecy for seduction.

Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie

A TOP 20 AMAZON BESTSELLER. A mysterious killer who calls himself The Artist is assassinating wealthy lawyers. When photo-journalist Jake Wolfe accidentally takes his picture during a murder, The Artist adds Jake to his kill list and he becomes a target in a deadly game of cat and mouse that only one of them can survive.

How far would you go to protect your family and friends from a killer? Jake is a veteran who wants to leave his past life behind him. But the reluctant, flawed hero finds that he can’t ignore his duty and his personal moral compass.

This gripping thriller is full of plot twists and surprises. It features a cast of interesting characters, including several strong-willed women, two wise-cracking homicide detectives, one highly intelligent dog, and a philosophical killer who shares Jake’s admiration for Van Gogh paintings but still plans to kill him anyway.

As Jake gets closer to unraveling a merciless conspiracy, his life gets turned upside down and the danger level increases, adding to the growing suspense. This entertaining page-turner starts out as a murder mystery and then shifts gears into a high-speed action thriller that takes you on a roller-coaster ride to the riveting ending. A good read for those who enjoy mysteries, thrillers, suspense, action and adventure, vigilante justice, unique characters, witty dialogue and a little romance too. Grab your copy and start reading.

Books in the Jake Wolfe Series:

1. Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie
2. Vigilante Assassin
3. Killer Lawyer
4. San Diego Dead
5. Deadly Weapon
6. Key West Dead
7. The Girl Who Escaped
8. Mission Target
9. Sea of Death

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Exercise Motivation for People Who Hate Exercise

Most people don’t have a motivation problem.
They have a discipline problem.

If you’ve ever told yourself:

“I’ll start tomorrow.”
“I just don’t feel motivated.”
“I know what to do… I just don’t do it.”

This book was written for you.

Because here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud:

Motivation doesn’t work.

It’s unreliable. It fades. It disappears exactly when you need it most—when it’s time to work out, make healthy choices, or stay consistent with exercise.

And that’s why you feel stuck.

This is not another “fitness motivation book”

You won’t find hype, empty inspiration, or recycled advice about “just believing in yourself.”

Instead, this book shows you how to:

Stay disciplined with exercise—even when you feel no motivation
Break the cycle of starting and stopping
Build a mindset that doesn’t depend on feelings
Take control of your health and fitness without burnout
Stop negotiating with yourself and start following through

Whether you’re struggling with workout motivation, diet and exercise motivation, or just feeling completely not motivated, this guide gives you a clear, practical path forward.

When motivation disappears, what’s left?

Most people wait to feel ready.
Disciplined people act anyway.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

Replace motivation with simple, repeatable systems
Develop consistency even on your worst days
Say no to excuses, distractions, and self-sabotage
Turn small actions into long-term results
Build mental toughness without overcomplicating your life

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about showing up—again and again—until results become inevitable.

If you’re tired of starting over, read this

You don’t need another exercise motivation guide filled with temporary inspiration.

You need something that actually works when:

You’re tired
You’re busy
You don’t feel like it
You’ve already failed before

This book meets you there—and shows you how to move forward anyway.

Who this book is for
Anyone who feels stuck in a cycle of no motivation
People who want real, lasting health and fitness motivation
Readers of mindset books who are ready to take action
Beginners and experienced individuals who struggle with consistency
Anyone ready to stop relying on feelings and start building discipline

The result?

You stop asking, “How do I get motivated?”
And start living as someone who doesn’t need motivation at all.

Because once you master discipline:

Exercise becomes automatic
Healthy choices become easier
Progress becomes consistent
And your identity changes

You don’t need more inspiration.
You need a system that works without it.

If you’re ready to stop waiting, stop restarting, and finally take control of your habits, this book will show you how.

No motivation required.

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Fallout of War (Ukraine: Year One)

For fans of: Herman Wouk, Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Daniel Silva

In the tradition of Herman Wouk’s sweeping historical war epics, Fallout of War follows Lieutenant Commander James Fairbanks, a career naval submarine officer assigned as a military attaché to the American embassy in Kyiv in late 2021. Fairbanks arrives in Ukraine with his wife, Lucy, a State Department analyst, just as tensions with Russia reach a critical juncture. A thoughtful, disciplined officer known for his strategic acumen and unvarnished assessments, Fairbanks quickly becomes immersed in the complex political and military landscape of Eastern Europe.

Fairbanks tours the Chernobyl exclusion zone, where he meets Ukrainian special forces conducting training exercises amid the haunting ruins of the 1986 disaster. These encounters with hardened Ukrainian soldiers, many of whom fought in the Donbas since 2014, give Fairbanks his first understanding of Ukrainian determination and the existential nature of their struggle. Through a series of diplomatic functions and intelligence briefings, he develops relationships with key Ukrainian officials and eventually meets President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose evolution from entertainer to wartime leader forms one of the novel’s central character studies.

When American intelligence detects massive Russian troop concentrations along Ukraine’s borders in January 2022, Washington selects Fairbanks to deliver a personal message to Vladimir Putin, hoping that a military officer’s assessment might carry weight with the former KGB operative. In a tense Moscow meeting, Putin not only receives Washington’s warning but, in a calculated display of strength, invites Fairbanks to inspect Russian forces massing in Belarus along the Ukrainian border. What Fairbanks witnesses during this extraordinary access shocks him. He recognizes the scale and organization of forces preparing not for exercises but for invasion, and his detailed report to Washington becomes a prescient but controversial document that divides American policymakers between those advocating preemptive support for Ukraine and those counseling restraint to avoid provoking Moscow.

Lucy Fairbanks, meanwhile, has established herself in Kyiv’s expatriate community, forming friendships with Ukrainian families and other diplomats. Her perspective provides the novel’s intimate domestic counterpoint to James’s military observations. As February 2022 approaches, Lucy’s growing anxiety mirrors the city’s increasing tension, even as many Ukrainians struggle to believe that full-scale war is actually coming.
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