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The Adolescence of P-1

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This is the story of P-1, the most charming--and frightening--literary "child" since Robert Heinlein's Mycroft Holmes, and a tour de force in the literary exploration of artificial intelligence. A young college student writes a self replicating computer “virus,” programed to survive, that becomes self aware. The program grows and makes mistakes and learns. In 1984 it was adapted into a Canadian-made for TV film entitled "Hide and Seek".

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The Adolescence of P-1, Thomas Joseph Ryan

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1977
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Title
The Adolescence of P-1
Language
English
Publisher
Collier Books
Released
1977
Format
Paperback
Pages
280
ISBN10
0020248806
ISBN13
9780020248804
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This is the story of P-1, the most charming--and frightening--literary "child" since Robert Heinlein's Mycroft Holmes, and a tour de force in the literary exploration of artificial intelligence. A young college student writes a self replicating computer “virus,” programed to survive, that becomes self aware. The program grows and makes mistakes and learns. In 1984 it was adapted into a Canadian-made for TV film entitled "Hide and Seek".