Philip K. half a century ago.
Dick asked, "will Robots Dream of electronic sheep?
Now, Ian McEwan is sure that these robots will pull the wool off our eyes.
His new novel "machine like me" took place in the UK in its 1980 s, but it was an incredible change in the past in our memory.
Only slight fluctuations change the carrier of history.
Britain lost the Falkland Islands war.
Unemployment during the recessionera levels.
Perhaps most importantly, in mcwan's retelling, Alan Turing did not commit suicide after the British government convicted him of serious bribery.
On the contrary, the distinguished mathematician rejected the offer of chemical castrated and went to prison, where, in the solitude of happiness, he laid out the theoretical principles that made the creation very human-like
"This is the yearning of religion, giving hope, this is the holy grail of science," the novel begins . ".
"Our ambition is high and low --
It's true for a creation myth, for a terrible self-behaviorlove.
Once feasible, we have no choice but to do as we wish and put the consequences on hold.
The narrator was Charlie's friend, a lazy day.
London traders who swing between pompous and worthless.
Charlie, the earliest adopter, used his recent legacy to buy "the first truly viable AI that looks credible, has credible actions, and has changed expressions ".
"The name of the robot is Adam, which shows what the creator thinks of himself. He —it? —
It is one of 25 robots of different races sold around the world, 12 male and 13 female versions.
The influence of Adam may be a bit strange (
He's not right in the blink)
But for the average observer, he is a handsome, muscular man.
Charlie admits, "Adam is not a sex toy. his talent is pretty good . "
But sex is certainly at the heart of this elaborate horror comedy.
With the release of the novel, Charlie is pursuing Miranda, a young woman who is a little slow to live in his apartment building.
He wants them to plan Adam's personality together as an intimate experience.
"He will be like our children," Charlie said . ".
"What we separate will merge with him.
Miranda will be attracted to take risks.
We will be partners and Adam will be the issue of our common concern, our creation.
We are a family.
There is no shortage in my plan.
I will definitely see more of her. We’d have fun.
"Danger, Will Robinson!
Charlie is a good man.
Educated guy, but he doesn't seem to have read enough science fiction that he knows that "fun" is the last thing he will ever have.
However, when he spent the night listening to Adam having sex with Miranda in his upstairs apartment, he had some insight into the complexities of the future.
It is very satisfying to realize that he is "the first person to be put on a green hat by an artifact.
"Who can compete with these endurance, hydraulic systems?
Charlie should know that resistance is futile.
A few days later, he climbed into Miranda's bed and imagined that he could still smell the smell of warm electronics on her sheets.
McEwan won the 1998 Booker Prize for Amsterdam, a master of brain stupidity.
His previous novel "shell of fruit" is a modern novel.
Retell Hamlet from the perspective of an indecisive fetus.
In this book and this new book, McEwan knows how to explore the most complex problems in the most ridiculous situations.
Trapped in the apartment
Charlie and Adam discussed the nature of consciousness while fighting for Miranda's love.
Charlie is sure that his android only cares about Miranda, "the dishwasher cares about its dishes," but Adam has a perfect grasp of the world's religious and philosophical works, "I have a very strong sense of self and I'm sure it's true.
He's serious.
His romantic hai sentence will makeCmdr. Data blush —
But he was a crystal.
A clear sense of justice may not be integrated with the moral dilemma of human experience.
How will you overturn Adam's claim to consciousness?
Try to grab the top spot in biology and you'll miss out on Terry Bissen's comedy The meat of thought.
As countless fiction and non-fiction writers have pointed out, we know very little about what our consciousness is;
We cannot deny that this is a perfect simulation.
McEwan won't write dull lines, but his AI puzzle is as fresh as a table tennis game.
Fellow hikers will remember the Methuselah Requiem (
Season 3 (19 episodes)
Captain Kirk fell in love with a gorgeous robot called Rayna. (
In many memories of humiliating teenagers, I remember crying involuntarily at the end of that episode. )
But our fascination with human creation is far more than that.
At least in Greek mythology.
Mary Shelley explores the pain of the survival of personal work products in the first 19 th century.
Mechanical Turkish
Fraudulent chess
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People are interested in the possibility of artificial intelligence.
When Czech writer Carrell carbeck created the word "robot" in 1920, we were already very familiar with the promise and danger of being replaced by our own machines.
Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
Starting with "robots won't hurt humans-
Every wave of layoffs makes me feel more naive.
McEwan's special contribution is not to express the challenge of robots, but to subtly embed this challenge in the lives of two people in an attempt to find a purposeful way to survive.
This human drama makes "machines like me" very relevant, although it is set in a world that has never happened almost 40 years ago.
"Everything is on the rise, hope and despair, pain, boredom and opportunity," Charlie pointed out. ” The age-
The old rebuttal Leder is weakening.
Machines that can do every job will certainly be able to maintain themselves.
Charlie pointed out that in the case of inflation and long-term unemployment, "we can become slaves of time without a destination.
Adam said happily, "the only way to solve the pain, from some point of view, is to completely destroy the human race.
But this kind of nothingness is annoying to Mike Wan.
He is not only one of the most elegant writers alive, but also one of the most astute writers who shape moral dilemmas in daily life.
Admittedly, competing with an attractive synthetic opponent is a problem that most of us don't have to deal with very quickly (sorry, Alexa)
But to figure out how to treat each other, how to do some good things in the world, how to create a value in our lives that robots can never solve.
Ron Charles wrote a few books for The Washington Post and hosted a completely funky video book review. com.