Nineteen-year-old Hideki is a technophobe but when he finds a humanoid computer tied up in a pile of trash, he takes her home. Chi is not an average person and appears to be incapable of doing most computing tasks but she may be more advanced than she appears.
In January 2021, years after World War Terminus has destroyed the planet, Rick Deckard, a cop, remains on the Earth pursuing his vocation of hunting down and killing rogue androids.
the true story of Philip K. Dick's robotic resurrection
Dufty, David F
2012
The stranger-than-fiction story of the creation and loss of an artificially intelligent android of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. Readers get an inside look at the scientists and technology that made the android possible.
Collects the android-hunting adventures of two men--Malcolm Reed, who can tell man from machine, and Charlie Victor, whose past qualifies him for the job. Now, the two men are on the hunt for six rogue androids in need of "retirement.".
Examines the history of robots, looks at their use in the early twenty-first century in homes, factories, hospitals, and other locations, and discusses the possible role of robots in the future as technological developments make them more advanced.
