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A review by norcani
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
4.0
Very nice little novella that focuses on raising a tamagotchi like artificial intelligence. It was great right up until the ending which really felt like a cop out.
The main conflict in it is porting the AIs to a newer platform. There are several solutions presented thorough the story which weren't accepted due to various reasons. But the end solution is simply going back to one of the earlier rejected ones. Which might be realistic, perhaps, but to me it felt like the author couldn't figure out how to ultimately end the story.
Still definitely worth reading if you're interested in artificial intelligence at all, and even if you aren't.
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The main conflict in it is porting the AIs to a newer platform. There are several solutions presented thorough the story which weren't accepted due to various reasons. But the end solution is simply going back to one of the earlier rejected ones. Which might be realistic, perhaps, but to me it felt like the author couldn't figure out how to ultimately end the story.
Still definitely worth reading if you're interested in artificial intelligence at all, and even if you aren't.