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A humanoid robot serves as a perfect female companion--until she achieves consciousness--in this wildly different story from a New York Times bestselling author. Humanoid robots are surely in our future, but their uses are likely to be limited to body guarding, childcare, companionship, and sex. Other chores can better be done by smart non-humanoid machines designed for those specific tasks. But for these limited purposes, the best robots must be so realistic that they are indistinguishable from live people. Elasa is such a robot. You can't tell her nature if she doesn't reveal it. You can talk with her, embrace her, kiss her, and she is the perfect woman. Until she becomes the first conscious robot. She's no longer satisfied to pretend to be a woman; she wants legal recognition that she is a woman, so that, among other things, she can marry the man she loves. Therein hangs a tale . . .

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  • ISBN-13: 9798212933698
  • ISBN-10: 9798212933698
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
  • Publish Date: October 2023

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