Golem XIV
by Stanisław Lem
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Con una hipnótica agilidad narrativa y una evidente brillantez teórica, Lem culmina con "Golem XIV" la que fuera su obra clave, la «Biblioteca del Siglo XXI», en la que expone sus propias tesis relativas a la evolución y los límites del ser humano. Golem XIV es el nombre que ha recibido una máquina pensante, una supercomputadora mental, dotada de una inteligencia superior a la de cualquier humano, y cuya misión es la de servir a sus constructores en sus operaciones bélicas. Sin show more embargo, una vez conectada, se dota de conciencia, se rebela y se entrega a la elucubración acerca de la condición de los hombres, del universo y de sí misma en relación con ambos. Golem XIV ha diseñado su propio fin, que será un completo misterio para los científicos encargados de su cuidado, pero previamente expondrá sin la menor piedad sus conclusiones, y charlará con las mentes más preclaras de su época acerca del posible futuro biológico e intelectual de la humanidad. show lessTags
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Science-fiction konceptualne, w którym i science i fiction aż nadto. Fantastyczne. Must read.
Extremely high quality science fiction
Un romanzo che appartiene al filone «colloquiale» di Lem, come La voce del Padrone: consiste in massima parte di un lungo soliloquio, incentrato sui temi dell'evoluzione e dell'intelligenza. Non concede nulla al piacere narrativo, e al tempo stesso – temo – non rivela granché sul piano puramente intellettuale. Solo nella postfazione c'è un lampo del Lem migliore, con la sua tragica visione dell'incomprensibilità del mondo e delle intelligenze superiori che lo abitano.
May 27, 2019Italian
El libro está escrito desde la perspectiva de una IA militar que adquiere conciencia, avanzando hacia la singularidad tecnológica personal con inteligencia creciente.
Nov 16, 2022Spanish
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Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem was born on September 12, 1921. A medical graduate of Cracow University, he is at home both in the sciences and in philosophy, and this broad erudition gives his writings genuine depth. He has published extensively, not only fiction, but also theoretical studies. His books have been translated into 41 show more languages and sold over 27 million copies. He gained international acclaim for The Cyberiad, a series of short stories, which was first published in 1974. A trend toward increasingly serious philosophical speculation is found in his later works, such as Solaris (1961), which was made into a Soviet film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. He died on March 27, 2006 in Krakow at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Golem XIV
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Golem
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
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- 891.85 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages East Indo-European and Celtic literatures West and South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian) Polish
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- PG7158 .L39 .G64 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Slavic Polish
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