The only evidence for his automated existence is the “kill switch” on the nape of his neck which essentially works as a power off button. This is very much like designing your own customisable human where you can choose the degree of each desirable personality trait across the full gamut of human personality.
These first in line androids comprise of twelve Adams and thirteen Eves. The story is set in an alternate 1980s England- Margaret Thatcher is now Prime Minister, the British are about to lose the Falklands War, JFK survived his assassination attempt, the four Beatles are all the rage and Turing is not only still alive, but his algorithms have propelled technology and AI to the extent that androids have been brought into existence.Ĭharlie is an aimless 32-year-old who, on an impulse, spends his inheritance on purchasing the “first truly viable manufactured human with plausible intelligence and looks,”. Machines Like Me attempts to coalesce both the themes. However, lately his stories have veered towards broader themes, addressing how political and social environment impacts personal life.
Ian McEwan is one of our most venerated living writers who garnered eminence for his earlier books Atonement and The Cement Garden in which he explored dark themes and depicted moral ambiguity at its most visceral.
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