A Working Theory of Love, (Paperback)

from bookmagic

I wanted to like this book, the writing was great and the story had potential. It took me awhile to get past the technical parts of creating a computer program that can think like a human. Neill is a recently divorced guy who is working for the company that is trying to develop this program. Not ...

from RandyMetcalfe

This novel is full of surprises. It gives the impression at the outset that it will be a geeky exploration of what it is to be human, set in San Francisco with lattes. Okay, I'm always up for a bit of Turing testing, and lattes. Of course you expect it to be hipsterish with hook-up sex and outré ...

from bookczuk

Suppose you worked as part of a team to create an artificial intelligence, which would be successful in a competition using the Turing test (a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human.) Now, suppose, the "personality" of...

from patrickgarson

A working theory of love melds a fairly standard story of twenty-something ennui with a more interesting, and original story of emotional connection. The result doesn't wholly work, but the second component elevates the book over typical offerings in the genre. Neil Bassett's first marriage has a...

from ltcl

I received an advance of this book as the August selection in the Penguin Debut Authors Program. It is interesting to me that I have recently read several books that dealt with "human like" computers. Neill is pulled into a contest between computer giants when his dead father's journals are used ...