From Alan Turing to Ian Mcewan
Artificial Intelligence, Lies and Ethics in Machines Like Me
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8910577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bingxing Shang (0000-0003-3946-3961, corresponding author), Biwu Shang |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-453 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Literature Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4132 • E-ISSN: 1528-4212 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/complitstudies.57.3.0443 |
| OpenAlex | W3108497584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Taking Machines Like Me as its foci of analysis, this article intends to interrogate Ian McEwan's rejoinder to Alan Turing on such issues as artificial intelligence, machines and ethics. By focusing on the machine, Adam's engagements with human life, it examines McEwan's rewriting of the Turing Test, in which he changes the question “Can machines think?” to “Can machines lie?” Charlie and Adam's different responses to Miranda's lie about her sexual attack reveal their competing ethical positions and attitudes. In contrast to Isaac Asimov's “Three Laws of Robotics,” McEwan raises the ultimate question about human responsibility for machines through the fictional character Turing's critique of Charlie's hammering Adam to death
Character (mathematics · Cognitive science · Rewriting · Sociology · Turing · Turing test · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Mathematics · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |