Machines like me : and people like you / Ian McEwan.
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TextPublisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First United States editionDescription: 333 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385545112
- 0385545118
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | McEwan, Ian | Available | 33111009146479 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday --"a sharply intelligent novel of ideas" ( The New York Times ) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.
Machines Like Me takes place in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first synthetic humans and--with Miranda's help--he designs Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and clever. It isn't long before a love triangle soon forms, and these three beings confront a profound moral dilemma.
Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, Lessons , coming in September!
"Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong, and clever--a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan's subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control"-- Provided by publisher.