The turing option

409 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 1993 by Warner Books.

ISBN:
978-0-446-36496-6
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OCLC Number:
28913258

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4 stars (3 reviews)

Classic SF Harry Harrison enthralls with the discovery, loss and re-discovery of AI. Quaint but fairly accurate predictions of modern computing power. 24 style presentation.

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4 stars

This is quite a brilliant story - of regrowing, relearning, rediscovering. The basic plot is that a brilliant scientist survives an attempted murder, but with portions of his brain severely damaged. He's been working on artificial intelligence, though; so all is not truly lost.

The storytelling is gripping and the technology fascinating. the ending is quite different than what I expected - throughout the novel modern technology is portrayed as holy beneficial, and it's not until the end that we see something that might just draw a cloud over the idea of going too far with technology.

A superbly spun story, if leaning a trifle toward the unbelievable.

Subjects

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Fiction