BK · Book · 2005 · novel
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
The machines
None. Cloning, and an institution.
What people do all day
Students become carers; carers become donors. The vocabulary, the milestones and the professional pride are complete and entirely sincere. The purpose was manufactured for someone else's benefit and is experienced as one's own.
Pattern
Assigned meaning — A system hands you a purpose, and it is sufficient.
Note
Contains no AI whatsoever, and is the clearest account here of assigned purpose. Included deliberately — see Method.
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