Whether artificial intelligence could help the Kingdom of great Britain from the misery? Of human robots, the new novel by the best-selling author, the quarrels currently strong with the British foreign policy.
Ian McEwan’s new novel “machines such as I”, the on 22. In may 2019, will appear in Germany, writes British history: Settled in London in the 1980s, the UK has lost the Falkland war, Margaret Thatcher, struggling with a strong Left hand, and renowned computer scientist Alan Turing, famous for his decryption of the Enigma Code of the Germans in the Second world war, commits suicide, but instead creates artificial intelligence.
DW: Mr. McEwan, what is the idea behind your new book?
Ian McEwan: The novel is about a young man whose life is falling apart, and comes to some money when his mother dies. The heritage of he skin immediately on the head and buys a robot: an artificial human. Even from up close, we recognize no difference: He is very smart and his movements are equal with men.
I wanted to explore something that we are just at the beginning. Artificial intelligence and our interaction with her is increasing more and more, this is no longer Science Fiction. Me, the moral component is interested in it: How does it feel, actually, with a bit of a relationship, pretending to have a consciousness? You believe the really?
Moral questions of principle in all of your books in the centre. However, responses from this.
German Translation of “machine such as I” appears to be in may 2019
Now, there is no obvious answer. And also for me my novels are moral Explorations, and I would like the reader to take. Artificial intelligence is coming, and if not us, then in other countries such as Mexico or China.
This is similar to the genetic optimization of babies. In China, scientists were able to alter the genome of a baby so that it will be immune to AIDS. A groundbreaking project that exceeds but also a red line. My idea is to explore all these questions with the reader. Let us to go on this journey and let’s talk about it!
Are you speaking for some time against the Brexit. How would you describe the current state of your country?
We don’t know where the journey goes, and are living in a total nervous breakdown. But the future remains to see what will happen. We have an extremely left-wing opposition leader, which is set in relation to the European Union also hostile.
Those of us who always thought it was sensible to stay in the EU, and to attend instead to the cities who have gone to Thatcher’s reforms, almost bankrupt, now have the feeling to have no political voice. In Parliament there is no one who has spoken for almost half of the country who wanted to stay.
In addition, the EU negotiations for the Brexit Treaty are only the beginning and we still have a long, long way to go. The Deal Theresa May will put us in a very awkward position. We may need to 39 billion euros to pay back. And the need to accept what we get. For this reason, many employers have voted against you.
It was always claimed that the Brexit is also against a liberal big-city Elite. Did you feel attacked personally?
No, I didn’t. And I think that it is just one of those half-lies that were disseminated during the campaign. 16.2 million people would be a fairly large Elite – and she’s probably grown in the meantime.
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McEwan: “We don’t know where the journey goes”
We should not forget, however, that the people’s vote, many 16-Year-old, the select wanted to and now could. According to surveys, an overwhelming majority of them would Stay for, so two or one and a half million additional votes. Set the case that it is possible to get 18-Year-old out of bed and bring them to the ballot box.
This is of course a Problem for all democracies, just the Old choose to go. There are the Old ones, which decide who will be the next conservative Prime Minister.
They call for a second referendum. Put you continue?
Yes. I’m going to write for the title page of “The Guardian” article. But Yes, what of it? All of the “Guardian’s”readers want to remain in the EU. It is for all of us to give a certain satisfaction to read a Text about it, but actually, I should write to him for “The Daily Mail”. It should be but ever a second Referendum, I’m going to commit myself to, and every free Minute of sacrifice.