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The Great Automatic Grammatizator (A Roald Dahl Short Story)

By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Will Self
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Great Automatic Grammatizator by Roald Dahl, read by Will Self.

In The Great Automatic Grammatizator, Roald Dahl tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a powerful computer designed to help people starts to supplant them . . .

The Great Automatic Grammatizator is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the wife who serves a dish that baffles the police; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others.

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The absolute master of the twist in the tale
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In this short story Dahl challenges the reader to think about what makes a good novel and also how far should we let machines control our lives. Considering when this was written it is still timely today with the surge of AI solutions.

Excellent short story

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