Clara and the Sun (rainbow Edition by Kazuo Ishiguro)
About This Novel
"The sun always has a way of shining on us, no matter where we are." Clara is a solar-powered artificial intelligence robot (AF) specially designed to accompany children. It has extremely high abilities of observation, reasoning and empathy. She sat in the store display window, watching the passers-by on the street and the children who came to browse the windows. She always expects that someone will soon choose her, but when the possibility of permanently changing her situation arises, Clara is reminded not to put too much faith in human promises. In Clara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro observes the ever-changing modern society through the perspective of an unforgettable narrator and explores a fundamental question: What exactly is love? This is the first work published by the British-Japanese writer Kazuo Ishiguro since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. It is also the first novel he published five years ago. The story takes place in a future where science and technology are highly developed, and the subject matter involves one of the hottest social topics at the moment: the development and ethics of artificial intelligence technology. The new edition includes Kazuo Ishiguro's Nobel Prize-winning speech, and reads the Nobel Prize-winning writer's writing views and growth history in one volume.
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In fact, the tone of the whole article is warm and sad. It's very AI to be outside of the incident and yet to be in the middle of it. You will cry involuntarily when you see the rest of the story. Clara is really the best. And then, she finishes sorting out her memories in a pile of rocks. This is her ending. The process is more important than the ending. Maybe in the end all AF destiny is to go to the processing factory, but everything she and the others experienced was so magical and dreamy. Clara's observation, her thinking, her reflexivity, and her lack of selfishness made people feel that such a sacred and warm existence was just the operation of digital code. I was moved and scared at the same time. The discussion about love and continuity is really unique. It turns out that a person's uniqueness comes not only from his own heart, but also from the hearts of other people who love you, which cannot be replicated. Companionship and commitment are truly painful and loving, but parting is always light. Children always like to make promises, and they like to promise forever. They hope that they can always have a place as a child, innocent, dreamy and beautiful.
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In fact, the tone of the whole article is warm and sad. It's very AI to be outside of the incident and yet to be in the middle of it. You will cry involuntarily when you see the rest of the story. Clara is really the best. And then, she finishes sorting out her memories in a pile of rocks. This is her ending. The process is more important than the ending. Maybe in the end all AF destiny is to go to the processing factory, but everything she and the others experienced was so magical and dreamy. Clara's observation, her thinking, her reflexivity, and her lack of selfishness made people feel that such a sacred and warm existence was just the operation of digital code. I was moved and scared at the same time. The discussion about love and continuity is really unique. It turns out that a person's uniqueness comes not only from his own heart, but also from the hearts of other people who love you, which cannot be replicated. Companionship and commitment are truly painful and loving, but parting is always light. Children always like to make promises, and they like to promise forever. They hope that they can always have a place as a child, innocent, dreamy and beautiful.
