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050			_aPR6101.R636 _bU53 2021
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100	1		_aAristide, Oana, _eauthor. _919693
245	1	0	_aUnder the blue / _cOana Aristide.
264		1	_aLondon : _bSerpent's Tail, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a280 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
501			_aP.B
520			_a"A road trip beneath clear blue skies and a blazing sun: a reclusive artist is forced to abandon his home and follow two young sisters across a post-pandemic Europe in search of a safe place. Is this the end of the world? Meanwhile two computer scientists have been educating their baby in a remote location. Their baby is called Talos, and he is an advanced AI program. Every week they feed him data, starting from the beginning of written history, era by era, and ask him to predict what will happen next to the human race. At the same time they're involved in a increasingly fraught philosophical debate about why human life is sacred and why the purpose for which he was built - to predict threats to human life to help us avoid them - is a worthwhile and ethical pursuit.These two strands come together in a way that is always suspenseful, surprising and intellectually provocative: this is an extraordinarily prescient and vital work of fiction - an apocalyptic road novel to frighten and thrill."--Publisher description.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _vFiction _919290
650		0	_aAutomobile travel _vFiction _919694
650		0	_aEpidemics _vFiction _919695
650		0	_aInterpersonal relations _vFiction _96298
650		0	_aSurvival _vFiction _919373
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