McEwan’s Turing has developed “machine consciousness” to its ultimate level, and is instrumental in putting Adam on the market. The notion that a machine can fall in love opens up the intense philosophical debate that underpins the novel, most notably via the figure of Alan Turing, who is still alive, and a hero of Charlie’s.
The complication is that Adam has fallen in love with Miranda. Adam is “not a sex toy”, but “capable of sex”, and acquits himself better than his human rival, causing Charlie to dismiss him as a “bipedal vibrator”. Read more: Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach unwittingly skewers our attitudes to sex todayīoth observations will prove significant, as once up and running, Charlie’s “ambulant laptop” becomes ferociously acquisitive not only of knowledge but emotional sophistication.
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