He argues that "nature has a more than 3 billion year start on us. The human brain, at just over a litre, with perhaps a 100 billion neurons, and an average axon spread to 10,000 synapses firing 10 times a second - and all of it running without overheating on 25 watts - the power of one dim light bulb - what a piece of work!"
To propel a 165-pound robot through that distance would need a huge and heavy battery. "We don't even have an efficient way yet of storing electricity. He is also of the view that we are a very long way off in creating an AI like Adam in reality. Later he learns that Adam comes with all sorts of pre-dispositions, and also, a wired-in machine-learning experience that will guide and shape him." In 'Machines Like Me', the narrator box-ticks his way through to the creation of Adam's personality.
In a loop, that's hard to describe, they both drive the course of events and are shaped by them. On the characters, McEwan says, "Characters in fiction evolve. In the novel, the narrator Charlie and his neighbour and lover Miranda are both involved in the creation of the AI Adam's personality, and he then takes on a life of his own.
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