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Service Model

A charming tale of robot self-discovery from the Arthur C. Clarke Award winning author of Children o

Innbundet
Engelsk
Service Model
Service Model
  • Forfatter: Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Format: Innbundet
  • Antall sider: 384
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • EAN: 9781035045662
  • Utgivelsesår: 2024
  • Bidragsyter: Tchaikovsky, Adrian
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<p><b>Task List Item No.1 &ndash; Become self-aware . . .</b><br><br>Meet CharlesTM, the latest in robot servant technology. Programmed to undertake the most menial household chores, Charles is loyal, efficient and logical to a fault. That is, until a rather large fault causes him to murder his owner.<br><br>Understandably perplexed, Charles finds himself without a master &ndash; therefore worthless in a society utterly reliant on artificial labour and services. Fleeing the household, he enters a wider world he never knew existed. Here an age-old human hierarchy is disintegrating into ruins, and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to its wellbeing is struggling to find a purpose.<br><br>Charles must face new challenges, illogical tasks and a cast of irrational characters. He&rsquo;s about to discover that sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming. But can he help fix the world, or is it t