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An edition of Machines Like Me (2019)

Une machine comme moi

  • 3.7 (7 ratings) ·
  • 55 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 10 Have read

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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GALLIMARD
Language
French
Pages
387

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Cover of: Une machine comme moi
Une machine comme moi
2020, GALLIMARD
paperback in French
Cover of: Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me
2020, Vintage
Paperback in English - printing (3)
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Machines Like Me: A Novel
Mar 03, 2020, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Anchor
paperback
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Machines Like Me: A Novel
2019, Jonathan Cape
Hardcover in English
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Machines Like Me
2019-04-23, Recorded Books
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me: A Novel
2019-04, Nan A. Talese, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
hardcover in English - First United States Edition (1)
Cover of: Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me: A Novel
Apr 23, 2019, Recorded Books, Inc.
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Machines Like Me: and People Like You
2019, Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Hardcover in English - printing (1)
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Machines Like Me:: and People Like You
2019, Random House Large Print
paperback in English - First Large Print Edition (1)
Cover of: Máquinas como yo
Máquinas como yo
Oct 31, 2019, Editorial Anagrama
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Machines Like Me: A Novel
2019, Penguin Random House
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Copyright Date
2020
Translation Of
Machines Like Me
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Format
paperback
Pagination
385p.
Number of pages
387

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Open Library
OL31876395M
ISBN 10
2072849977
ISBN 13
9782072849978
OCLC/WorldCat
1142782247
Goodreads
58567999

Work Description

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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It was religious yearning granted hope, it was the holy grail of science.
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