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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
Very mixed feelings but I like the ethical questions it raises. Makes for good discussion
A narrated reflection on sentient, self-conscious AIs, their potential ways of learning and emotional connection with humans
"I think creating software that feels emotions will be a necessary step towards creating software that actually thinks, in much the same way that brains capable of emotion are an evolutionary predecessor to brains capable of thought."
"I think creating software that feels emotions will be a necessary step towards creating software that actually thinks, in much the same way that brains capable of emotion are an evolutionary predecessor to brains capable of thought."
This is the first story by Ted Chiang that I didn’t get anything out of. It felt overly long, and took a strange turn in the second half. A bit surprising given his otherwise stellar track record.
Wow. As a parent, I actually found this a hard book to read. The raising of the childlike AIs to "adulthood" was very well done, and it felt like raising real kids. All too often there are no right or wrong answers, just hard choices. I found it rather moving as a result.
A story for millennials I think. Really, too much and too long trying to convince us that we can love AI if we feel guilty about abandoning a product made for corporate profit and then abandoned for the lack thereof. Not my kind of thing. Sort of gave up and short circuited the story out of boredom.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced