Hamlet, Prince of Robots
Author | : M. Darusha Wehm |
Publisher | : in potentia press |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2023-01-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780473638894 |
ISBN-13 | : 0473638894 |
Rating | : 4/5 (94 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hamlet, Prince of Robots written by M. Darusha Wehm and published by in potentia press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something is rotten in the state of cybernetics. Elsinore Robotics is on the cusp of a breakthrough—the company is poised to create the first humanoid androids powered by true artificial intelligence. Their only rival, Norwegian Technologies, lost a publicly streamed contest between their flagship model, Fortinbras, and Elsinore’s HAM(let) v.1. But when the first Hamlet model is found irreparably deactivated, the apparent victim of wild malware, the field of consumer cybernetics is thrown wide open. However, Hamlet v.1’s memories were not entirely lost in the accident. Hamlet v.2 swears to avenge his progenitor, but is plagued by the aftereffects of integrating Old Hamlet’s backup into his own neural matrix. Beset by doubts about whether his feelings are truly his own, he worries his love for his boyfriend, Horatio, is an illusion, all the while driven by a consuming need for revenge. While he has a method, there is a madness in it, and Hamlet’s actions will leave no corner of Elsinore unscathed. A beat-by-beat retelling of the Shakespeare classic, Hamlet, Prince of Robots grapples with conscience, ambition, and pain, and what it means to be, or not to be, human.