null reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
It captures this nihilism
3 stars
It captures this nihilism that I feel.
But the last quarter of the book gets real wonky and ham fisted
13 pages
English language
Published 2024
Service Model
To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose. Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.
To fix the world they must first break it, further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they never did before: They can run away. Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose. Sometimes all it takes is a nudge to overcome the limits of your programming.
Will reviewed Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Just ok
3 stars
I've come to expect more from Tchaikovsky. This one let me down.
I've come to expect more from Tchaikovsky. This one let me down.