Machines like me : and people like you
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019].
Format
Book
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction McEwan, I
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Fiction McEwan, I
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction McEwan, I
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Fiction McEwan, I
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Fiction McEwan, I
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Fiction McEwan, I
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Published
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2019].
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"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.
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