![]() ![]() The naïve intelligence exhibited by both human and robot plays out with very different outcomes. This is true regardless of the nature of the observer, whether they are human or artificial. Causes and effects are often too easily and incorrectly ascribed. But like all science it is just the best guess of the observer at the time and is limited by incomplete information and shaped by the expectations of both self and society. ![]() This is perceived as, and is, intelligence. They can even go beyond imitation and draw novel conclusions from observation and experience. The robots (“Artificial Friends”) which are the assumed focus of the story are skilled observers who reflect the actions and attributes of the humans. As the resulting ripples propagate around the corner, we learn a great deal about what we expect, value and indeed what we are as intelligent actors. As in Never Let Me Go, Ishiguro makes a few small tweaks to the world, but does this just out of the reader’s sight. ![]()
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