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008			181212s2019 enk 000|f eng d
020			_a9781787331662 _qhardback
020			_a9781787331679 _qpaperback
020			_z9781473567795 (ePub ebook)
060			_aZZ 5.
100	1		_aMcEwan, Ian
245	1	0	_aMachines like me : _band people like you
264		1	_aLondon : _bJonathan Cape, _c2019.
300			_a305p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aBritain 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.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence
650		0	_aPhilosophy _97411
650		0	_aConsciousness _95722
650		0	_aMind and body _913325
650		0	_aPersonality _97383
942			_n0 _03
655		0	_aAlternative histories (Fiction)
999			_c33504 _d33504