Machines Like Me

Name: Machines Like Me
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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By Ian McEwan

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"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"--

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 352
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date:: 2020-03-03
ISBN / EAN:: 9780525567035
Weight:: 270 g
Dimensions:: 13/20/2 cm
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