ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: REINTERPRETATIONS OF "ROBOT DREAMS", BY ASIMOV, IN THE WORK OF IAN MC EWAN "MACHINES LIKE ME AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU"

Authors

  • Fernanda Aquino Sylvestre Federal University of Uberlândia image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2023.195199

Keywords:

Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov, Ian McEwan, Ethics, Artificial intelligence

Abstract

This article intends to analyze the books Sonhos de Robô (1991) and Máquinas Como Eu e Gente Como Você (2019) by Asimov and McEwan, respectively, showing the points of contact between them and discussing ethical and moral issues present in both. masterpieces. The proposed discussion was motivated by the technological advance of the machines that surround us and the relationship they establish with human beings and that are discussed in the literature through genres such as science fiction and its subgenres.

Author Biography

  • Fernanda Aquino Sylvestre, Federal University of Uberlândia

    Professora Doutora na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia- UFU, fernandasyl@uol.com.br

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Published

2023-12-20

How to Cite

SYLVESTRE, Fernanda Aquino. ETHICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: REINTERPRETATIONS OF "ROBOT DREAMS", BY ASIMOV, IN THE WORK OF IAN MC EWAN "MACHINES LIKE ME AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU". Literartes, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 1, n. 18, p. 103–119, 2023. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2023.195199. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/literartes/article/view/195199. Acesso em: 8 feb. 2026.