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With technology rapidly outstripping humankind's ability to run it, Spartacus, an artificial intelligence program complete with a survival instinct, is developed, but unexpected problems arise when it comes time to shut Spartacus down.

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4.0 von 5 Sternen Fascinating idea, but lacking a bit as a whole, 7. April 2003

Von	Oliver Klee (Bonn, Germany) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen (REAL NAME)

Sometime in the not-too-distand future, the people on Earth face a decision: The computer network that controls pretty most of what is done by machines shows severe problems, some of which are causing deadly accidents. Should the network be shut down? Or should a better, self-learning AI be installed in its stead?

To rule out the possibility of the AI posing a threat to humans, the AI is installed in a kind of micro-world. In addition, it gets programmed with a survival instinct. After a few days, the human inhibitants of the micro-world attack the AI. It reacts in ways nobody had foreseen ...

I find the concept of an AI described in this book both convincing and fascinating. The plot contains quite a few surprising turns, but some weaknesses take some of the fun out of the book: The characters are flat, James P. Hogan tends to describe his scenes rather lengthily, and there's a bit too much of technical detail in it.

Nevertheless, the book is worth reading.

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3.0 von 5 Sternen Hard science, flat characters, plot a bit stretched., 5. Dezember 1998

Von	Thomas O. Gray "tomgray" (Norwich, VT USA) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen (REAL NAME)

This one is a toughie to review. It has Hogan's usual faults (although I should qualify that by saying I'm still working on his older books)--pretty one-dimensional characters as interchangeable with each other as so many cardboard dolls, and a tremendous amount of boring yahda-yahda which I gather is hard science. Even so, it is a tremendously gripping book. No wonder I was infuriated by all of the scientific babblespeak--who could stand to wade through it to get to the end? Obviously, some other readers could. I too had the thought that this book would make an excellent movie--the great part about that is that then all of the intricate computer science gobbledygook would disappear and the premise and characters would come to the fore as they should. Apologies to those who really like this sort of hard science, but I've read Kim Stanley Robinson and Stephen Baxter and they know how to pack novels with hard science and still make them a joy to read. I'm still continuing to read Hogan, but the best SF is more than just intricate details of advanced engineering ideas. "Two Faces" has a fascinating premise, a very suspenseful plot, and a satisfying ending, and with those taken together, it's a worthwhile read.

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5.0 von 5 Sternen Most influential AI SF, 10. Januar 2000

Von	Chris McKinstry (South America) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen

This is book ignited my interest in AI. I recently bought a used copy, signed by Hogan. Looking at it again, Hogan is a much weaker writer than I had remembered, but his vision was dead on. Clarke's HAL is completely unrealistic in comparision to Hogan's Hector and Sparticus.

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