![]() Machines Like Me gives McEwan free rein to philosophise and he does so at length, sometimes brilliantly and even humorously, as his characters try hopelessly to rationalise the ineffable. He falls in love with Miranda - or says he has, but can an artificial consciousness have a concept of love? Is Charlie Adam's owner or his rapidly outclassed rival?įurther complicating this is Miranda's desire to adopt a young boy from an abusive family, as well as her fear that a man she accused of rape has been released from prison and will seek her out for vengeance. ![]() As a romantic overture, he offers to let her decide half of Adam's personality.Īs Adam comes online and begins to learn about humanity at a vast, exponential rate, he also becomes enmeshed in Charlie and Miranda's relationship. Charlie fancies his neighbour Miranda, a social history doctoral scholar 10 years his junior. ![]()
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