MACHINES LIKE ME
IAN MCEWAN
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Cantidad de páginas: 352
Peso: 400g
ISBN: 9780525567035
Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 Londonwhere Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligenceMachines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who 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 generation of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he codesigns Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and smartand a love triangle soon forms. Ian McEwan's subversive, gripping novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us humanour 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.
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