Umkhuba we Ian McEwan Ngenxa yokwakheka kobukhona obukhona, obufihliswe ekuguquguqukeni okuthile kweziqephu zayo nakwizingqikithi zobuntu, bahlala becebisa ukufundwa kwemisebenzi yayo yezinganekwane, benza amanoveli ayo abe yinto engaphezulu kwabantu, yezenhlalo.
Ukuza kwezinganekwane zesayensi ngesizinda salo mbhali ngaso sonke isikhathi kufaka ukuhlola okwenziwa ngabantu kwezinhlamvu zakhe noma ukuqagela kwezenhlalo maqondana ne-dystopia ejwayelekile yabo bonke ababhali eneminwe emibili ngaphambili kanye nobuncane bokuqwashiswa okubucayi ngekusasa lethu kulo mhlaba.
Ngakho-ke sifika ekuqaleni kwale ndaba njenge-uchrony, leyo ndlela yomlando yomlingo ehlala inikezwa kusuka eqinisweni nje le-butterfly engalindelekile, enyakazisa iqiniso maqondana nendlela efanayo.
Konke kuqala ngokuthembeka. U-Alan Turing, isazi sezibalo kanye nomgqugquzeli omkhulu we-Artificial Intelligence. kule noveli uthola lelo thuba lesibili ebhekene neqiniso elibuhlungu lapho agcina ngokuzibulala khona ngenxa yokuhlaselwa ngabantu abathandana nabobulili obufanayo abhekana nakho ngisho nokushushiswa kwezomthetho emuva ngawo-50 eLondon.
I-syllogism yakhe edumile esontekile, ebhalwe njenge-acid critique yokuziphatha kosuku lwakhe, izwakala inamandla kakhulu futhi isikisela namuhla:
UTuring ukholelwa ukuthi imishini iyacabanga
Ukulinga amanga namadoda
Lapho-ke imishini ayicabangi.
Ngalesi sizinda, yonke into elandiswe nguMcEwan ithatha incazelo edlula kakhulu kulokhu kungena kwezinganekwane zesayensi. NguTuring okuthi ngobukhona bakhe obufanayo akwazi ukudala abantu bakhe bokuqala bokuqala. U-Adam no-Eva omusha bakulungele ukunqoba umhlaba olahlekelwe ngabantu ngemuva kwefa likaNkulunkulu. Ama-prototypes angatholwa ngentengo encane ukuze bonke abantu bathole izinsizakalo zabo.
U-Adam ufika endlini kaCharlie noMiranda, okwenziwe ngokwezifiso zabo ukwenza impilo ibe lula kubo. Kepha akukwazi ukukhohlwa ukuthi i-AI inqamula emandleni ayo umuzwa womuntu oqondisayo othanda nezinqumo. Futhi u-Adam kaCharlie noMiranda baxhumanisa amachashazi aze achaze izizathu zokuziphatha kukaMiranda, okujwayelekile komuntu ofihla amakhadi akhe kumdlalo we-poker. U-Adan uhlanganisa okuguquguqukayo, ahlaziye konke okusemandleni nalokho okusemandleni futhi aqede ukucacisa iqiniso likaMiranda.
Futhi lapho umshini usuwazi amanga akhe amakhulu, konke kungagcina kuqhuma. Igebe le-anthological elisemkhakheni wezemibhalo libhekana nokwehluka kokuziphatha nangokomzwelo phakathi kwabantu nemishini, njalo ngaphansi kweziqondiso ze asimov, isebenza kule ndaba ngesenzo sokungezwani okukhulu. Inoveli yokusola okukhulu egcwele izinhloso ezihamba njalo neziphazamisayo zalo mbhali omkhulu.
Manje usungathenga inoveli iMáquinas como yo, incwadi entsha ka-Ian McEwan, lapha: