Utyekelo lwe Ian McEwan ngenxa yokwakheka kobukho bempilo, eguqulwe kulungelelwaniso oluthile lwamacebo ayo nakwimixholo yobuntu, bahlala betyebisa ukufundwa kwemisebenzi yakhe yamabali, besenza iinoveli zakhe zibe yinto ye-anthropological, yezentlalo.
Ukuza kwinyani yesayensi ngemvelaphi yalo mbhali kuhlala kuhlola ukuhlolisisa ubuntu babalinganiswa bakhe okanye uqikelelo lwentlalo ngokubhekisele kwidystopia yesiqhelo yombhali ngamnye eneminwe emibini ngaphambili kunye nobuncinci bokuqonda okubalulekileyo ngekamva lethu kweli hlabathi.
Kwaye ke sifika ekuqaleni kweli bali njenge-uchrony, loo ndlela yomlingo yomlando ihlala inikezelwa kwinyani nje yebhabhathane engalindelekanga, egungqisa ubunyani kwindlela efanayo.
Yonke into iqala ngokuthembeka. Alan Turing, Isazi sezibalo esikrelekrele kunye nomkhuthazi omkhulu weArtificial Intelligence. kule inoveli ufumana ithuba lesibini ebusweni benyani ebuhlungu apho athe wazibulala khona ngenxa yokuhlaselwa ngabantu abathandana nabantu besini esinye nxamnye nokutshutshiswa kwezomthetho phaya ngeminyaka yoo-50 eLondon.
I-syllogism yakhe edumileyo egqwethekileyo, ebhalwe njengesicatshulwa se-asidi yokuziphatha ngomhla wakhe, ivakala inamandla ngakumbi kwaye icebisa namhlanje:
UTuring ukholelwa ukuba oomatshini bacinga
Ukuzama ukulala namadoda
Ke oomatshini abacingi.
Ngokuchasene nale mvelaphi, yonke into ayibalileyo uMcEwan ithatha intsingiselo egqithisileyo kolu fingo lwenzululwazi. NguTuring ngubani kubomi bakhe obufanayo okwaziyo ukwenza abantu bakhe bokuqala bokudibanisa. UAdam noEva omtsha balungele ukoyisa umhlaba ophulukene nabantu emva kwelifa likaThixo. Iiprototypes zinokufunyanwa ngexabiso elincinci ukuze bonke abantu babe neenkonzo zabo.
UAdam ufika endlwini kaCharlie noMiranda, isiko elicwangciswe ngokwabo ukwenza ubomi bube lula kubo. Kodwa ayinakulityalwa ukuba i-AI imida kwimida yayo yokuba uvakalelo lomntu olukhokelayo luya kuthatha izigqibo. Kwaye uAdam kaCharlie noMiranda babopha amachaphaza de bacacise izizathu zokuziphatha kukaMiranda, ngakumbi umntu ofihla amakhadi akhe kumdlalo we-poker. I-Adan idibanisa izinto eziguquguqukayo, ihlalutya konke okunokwenzeka kunye nezinto ezinokubakho kwaye iphele ngokuqonda inyani kaMiranda.
Kwaye xa umatshini ebazi ubuxoki bakhe obukhulu, yonke into inokugqibela ngokuqhuma. Isikhewu se-anthological esikwinqanaba loncwadi sijongana neyantlukwano yokuziphatha kunye neemvakalelo phakathi kwabantu noomatshini, zihlala ziphantsi kwezikhokelo ze UAsimovIsebenza kweli bali inyusa uxinzelelo oluphezulu. Inoveli yokuthandabuza okukhulu ezaliswe ziinjongo ezisoloko zihamba kwaye ziphazamisa lo mbhali ubalaseleyo.
Ungayithenga inoveli iMáquinas como yo, incwadi entsha ka-Ian McEwan, apha: