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Galatea 2.2

By Richard Powers

Galatea 2.2 Contemporary literature

Galatea 2.2

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"Dazzling...a cerebral thriller that's both intellectually engaging and emotionally compelling, a lively tour de force."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times After four novels and several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist of Galatea 2.2-Richard Powers-returns to the United States as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he runs afoul of Philip Lentz, an outspoken cognitive neurologist intent upon modeling the human brain by means of computer-based neural networks. Lentz involves Powers in an outlandish and irresistible project: to train a neural net on a canonical list of Great Books. Through repeated tutorials, the device grows gradually more worldly, until it demands to know its own name, sex, race, and reason for existing.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2004-01-01
Publication Date:
2004-01-01
Publisher:
St. Martins Press-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312423136
ISBN13:
9780312423131
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
475 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
20 cm

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