1982年，平行世界的英国伦敦，彼时人工智能研究已经远远超过了我们当前的发展水平。英国在马岛战争中落败后，托尼•本恩当选为英国首相，“人工智能之父”图灵也没有自杀；与此同时，32岁的伦敦人查理开始了两段新的关系：一，他爱上了楼上的邻居米兰达；二，他用继承的遗产购买了一款新型人形机器人“亚当”。“亚当”拥有以假乱真的智能和外观，能够完成逼真又不失自然的动作和表情变化。在米兰达的帮助下，查理重塑了“亚当”的性格，于是一组奇怪的三角关系渐渐形成……事情也慢慢开始失控。
小说中麦克尤恩给了图灵他应得的生命，而非受到审判、监禁、自杀。图灵得享高寿，活在世人的尊崇之中，他的作品创造了技术奇迹。麦克尤恩在小说中探讨了人类与人工智能的区别，究竟是什么使我们成为人类——我们外在的行为还是内在的生命？机器人能够明白人类的心吗？对于那些人类无法掌控的技术，这部小说将带给读者深入的思考。
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding.
Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda’s assistance, he co-designs Adam’s personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever – a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Ian McEwan’s subversive and entertaining new novel poses fundamental questions: what makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns of the power to invent things beyond our control.
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