Machines Like Me
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Machines Like Me is a speculative novel by Ian McEwan that explores artificial intelligence, ethics, and human relationships in an alternate 1980s Britain.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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speculative fiction work ⓘ |
| author | Ian McEwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
artificial intelligence
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consciousness ⓘ ethics ⓘ free will ⓘ human relationships ⓘ morality ⓘ responsibility for created beings ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsTechnology | lifelike androids ⓘ |
| exploresEthicalIssue |
creation of sentient machines
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justice and retribution ⓘ ownership of conscious entities ⓘ |
| exploresPhilosophicalIssue |
limits of human empathy
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nature of personhood ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
legal and moral status of artificial beings
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romantic relationships between humans and androids ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ war and political conflict ⓘ |
| featuresArtificialBeing | Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history fiction
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science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternateHistoryElement |
advanced computing in 1980s Britain
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different outcome of the Falklands War ⓘ surviving Alan Turing ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Adam
NERFINISHED
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Charlie Friend NERFINISHED ⓘ Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781787331679 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 320 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | works by Ian McEwan ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charlie Friend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2019 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| settingDescription | alternate 1980s Britain ⓘ |
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