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When HARLIE Was One

David Gerrold

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#1842 of 8,085 books · #428 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1973) and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1972).

H.A.R.L.I.E. (Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine) is an artificially intelligent machine. David Auberson, the psychologist responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood, struggles to understand his erratic behavior. When humans begin vocalizing their wishes that HARLIE be shut down, he has to prove his existence and value to his warm-blooded counterparts. Throughout HARLIE's fight to stay alive, Auberson discovers the machine has vast knowledge and understanding of life, love, and logic, posing the philosophical question whether or not HARLIE is human, and for that matter, what it means to be human.

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Publisher
Ballantine Books
ISBN-13
9781939529466
Topics
Artificial intelligenceNature of humanityEthics of sentience

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