Ian McEwan

Machines Like Me

A-format paperback. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 305 Seiten
ISBN 1529111269
EAN 9781529111262
Veröffentlicht März 2020
Verlag/Hersteller Random House UK Ltd
11,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Beschreibung

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 Mirandäs 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.

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