{"product_id":"machines-like-me","title":"Machines Like Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e**Number One \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCharlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong and clever - and soon a love triangle forms, which leads Charlie, Miranda and Adam to a profound moral dilemma. Can you design the perfect partner? What makes us human? Our outward deeds or our inner lives?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProvocative and moving, \u003ci\u003eMachines Like Me\u003c\/i\u003e explores whether a machine can ever truly understand the human heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Funny, thought-provoking and politically acute...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Dazzling' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An unsettling examination of the human condition. Bold, clever' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Machines Like Me","offer_id":46239228264645,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5291-1125-5.jpg?v=1779088189","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/machines-like-me","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}