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Machines Like Me

By Ian McEwan

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Machines Like Me

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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. Machines Like Me occurs 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 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 of the power to invent things beyond our control.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
305
Release Date:
2020-03-05
Publication Date:
2020-03-05
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529111269
ISBN13:
9781529111262
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
218 g
Height:
110 cm
Width:
177 cm
Thickness:
32 cm

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