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Londres, 1982. Dans un monde qui ressemble à s’y méprendre au nôtre, quelques détails dissonent : les Beatles sont toujours au complet, les Anglais ont perdu la guerre des Malouines et le chercheur Alan Turing est encore en vie. Grâce à lui, les prouesses technologiques sont inouïes et les avancées scientifiques en matière d’intelligence artificielle fulgurantes. C’est ainsi que Charlie fait l’acquisition d’un «Adam», un androïde doté de l’intelligence artificielle la plus perfectionnée qui soit. Adam ressemble beaucoup à un humain, sait faire la conversation, écrit des poèmes et proclame son amour pour Miranda, la compagne de Charlie. En dépit de la jalousie que cette déconcertante situation induit, le trio vit en bonne entente, insensible aux catastrophes économiques et sociales qui bouleversent l’Angleterre après l’assassinat du Premier ministre et la possibilité d’une sortie de l’Union européenne. Mais Adam et ses semblables ont été conçus pour respecter les règles et ne parviennent pas à accepter les imperfections du monde — notamment le mensonge. La situation va alors se compliquer au sein de cet inquiétant ménage à trois.
Dans ce roman subtil et subversif, à l’humour noir et à la pertinence redoutable, Ian McEwan explore le danger de créer ce que l’on ne peut contrôler, et pose une question mélancolique : Si nous construisions une machine qui puisse lire dans nos cœurs, pourrions-nous vraiment espérer qu’elle aime ce qu’elle y trouve?
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science fiction & fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, triangles, interpersonal relations, artificial intelligence, alternative history, Falklands War, androids, love triangles, Fiction, alternative history, London (england), fiction, Fiction, psychological, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), nyt:hardcover-fiction=2019-05-12, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Robots, Fiction, Artificial intelligence, Man-woman relationships, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), History, AndroidsPeople
Alan Turing, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Benn, Charlie, Adam, MirandaTimes
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Machines Like Me: and People Like You
2019, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
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Machines Like Me:: and People Like You
2019, Random House Large Print
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Machines Like Me: A Novel
2019-04, Nan A. Talese, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
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Machines Like Me is the 15th novel by the English author Ian McEwan. The novel published in 2019 by Jonathan Cape.
The novel is set in the 1980s in an alternative history timeline in which the UK lost the Falklands War, Alan Turing is still alive, and the Internet, social media, and self-driving cars already exist. The story revolves around an android named Adam and its/his relationship with its/his owners, Charlie and Miranda, which involves the formation of a love triangle.
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