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The Hierarchies by Ros Anderson
4.0
I didn’t quite know what to expect from Ros Anderson’s debut The Hierarchies. While I thoroughly enjoy dystopian fiction, sci-fi can be hit or miss depending on how heavy the content is. However, I immediately felt myself drawn into this strange world that Anderson created and quite liked where this story took me.
The Hierarchies is about, put frankly, a sex robot. In this world, women can be born in a lab or created in a factory, as human or as robot. Sylv.ie is a robot “doll” designed specifically for her “husband’s” pleasure. She has her own room in her husband’s home and finds herself visited by him whenever he seeks companionship. However, as Sylv.ie’s husband’s wife becomes increasingly jealous of his robot lover, Sylv.ie finds her life in danger. The Hierarchies follows Sylv.ie as she makes sense of her purpose in this world and straddles the line between robot and human.
As can be expected, The Hierarchies is a thought-provoking read that raises a lot of questions about our society’s future. As A.I. becomes more advanced, more ingrained, more human, where do we draw the line? When it becomes imperceptible to tell the difference between a human and a robot, what is the cost? What impact does this have on the value of human life and connection?
This book is absorbing and highly entertaining. I felt myself on edge for Sylv.ie never knowing what to expect as she navigates a world often cruel to those of her kind.
Recommended to fans of Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
The Hierarchies is about, put frankly, a sex robot. In this world, women can be born in a lab or created in a factory, as human or as robot. Sylv.ie is a robot “doll” designed specifically for her “husband’s” pleasure. She has her own room in her husband’s home and finds herself visited by him whenever he seeks companionship. However, as Sylv.ie’s husband’s wife becomes increasingly jealous of his robot lover, Sylv.ie finds her life in danger. The Hierarchies follows Sylv.ie as she makes sense of her purpose in this world and straddles the line between robot and human.
As can be expected, The Hierarchies is a thought-provoking read that raises a lot of questions about our society’s future. As A.I. becomes more advanced, more ingrained, more human, where do we draw the line? When it becomes imperceptible to tell the difference between a human and a robot, what is the cost? What impact does this have on the value of human life and connection?
This book is absorbing and highly entertaining. I felt myself on edge for Sylv.ie never knowing what to expect as she navigates a world often cruel to those of her kind.
Recommended to fans of Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.