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Galatea 2.2

By: Richard Powers
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
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After four novels and several years living abroad, the fictional protagonist of Galatea 2.2 - Richard Powers - returns to the United States as Humanist-in-Residence at the enormous Center for the Study of Advanced Sciences. There he runs afoul of Philip Lentz, an outspoken cognitive neurologist intent upon modeling the human brain by means of computer-based neural networks. Lentz involves Powers in an outlandish and irresistible project: to train a neural net on a canonical list of Great Books. Through repeated tutorials, the device grows gradually more worldly, until it demands to know its own name, sex, race, and reason for exisiting.

©1995 Richard Powers (P)2019 Recorded Books Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Science Fiction
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Another fascinating Richard Powers book ahead of its time.
Will be a good read for those interested in AI and themes that inspect the human condition.

Beautiful story

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While occasionally overwhelmed by jargon, I generally found this to be a very moving novel- a love letter to language and languages, to learning, teaching and parenting, to putting yourself into things you care about, and in managing the real world and discouragement. Can't decide if it's a strength or weakness that it ultimately doesn't conclude with a conclusion to hand your hat on.

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