ANDROID VERSUS HOMO SAPIENS
ANDROID VERSUS HOMO SAPIENS
Author(s): Anca BădulescuSubject(s): Anthropology, Studies of Literature, Novel, Philology, Theory of Literature, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: robot; android; artificial intelligence; machine;
Summary/Abstract: The paper endeavors to give an answer to a question inherent in Ian McEwan’s novel “Machines Like Me. And People Like You”: will the future of humanity be governed or even controlled by artificial intelligence? Will androids replicate entirely and replace ‘homo sapiens’? Furthermore, does complying with a strict moral code or purely logic thinking of a robot outweigh a flesh and blood individual’s tolerance and compassion? The end of McEwan’s 2019 novel, “Machines Like Me” points at the possibility of an AI supremacy in the future. It will be the humans’ huge task to figure out how ‘to make friends’ with the new machines.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 22
- Page Range: 330-333
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
