Story about robots whose brains are slowing down
I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.
- Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.
- The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.
- The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.
- The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.
- One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off
- I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.
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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.
- Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.
- The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.
- The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.
- The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.
- One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off
- I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.
story-identification books
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Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.
- Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.
- The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.
- The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.
- The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.
- One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off
- I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.
story-identification books
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I'm looking for a story that I read a few years ago. I cannot remember if it was a short story in an anthology of other stories or stand-alone book, but here are some details I do remember.
- Definitely a book. This was not a TV show or movie.
- The story revolved around a robot/automaton who, in a series of journal entries, explains that he discovered that his race was dying off.
- The protagonist found through self experimentation that his brain was controlled by wind, and for some reason, there was less wind available.
- The protagonist experimented on himself to determine that his brain was essentially a system of gears which are turned by the wind.
- One plot point involved some sort of ritual which was supposed to take place at a certain time, but he noticed that it was slightly off
- I believe the story ends with the robot dying, but am not sure about this.
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Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
34 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
34 mins ago
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4
Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
34 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
34 mins ago
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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.
The situation is:
The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.
P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.
answered 40 mins ago
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That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.
The situation is:
The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.
P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.
answered 40 mins ago
nebogipfelnebogipfel
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That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
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This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.
The situation is:
The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.
P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.
answered 40 mins ago
nebogipfelnebogipfel
1,14635
That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
add a comment |
This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.
The situation is:
The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.
P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.
answered 40 mins ago
nebogipfelnebogipfel
1,14635
This is Exhalation by Ted Chiang. It is available online at Lightspeed Magazine.
The situation is:
The machines exist in an artificial world. There is a reservoir of argon gas underneath
the "ground," which is being depleted as they draw upon it and release it aboveground.
They are slowing down.
P.S. After posting this I noticed it is a duplicate of this answered question:
Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
But I don't know how to denote that here.
answered 40 mins ago
nebogipfelnebogipfel
1,14635
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answered 40 mins ago
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answered 40 mins ago
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answered 40 mins ago
nebogipfelnebogipfel
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That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
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That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
That's it! Such a good story. Thanks for finding it. I'll accept as soon as I can.
– zz20s
37 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of Searching for a short story about metallic lungs
– Nikita Neganov
35 mins ago
Yup, it's a duplicate. Unfortunate that my googling didn't find that thread.
– zz20s
34 mins ago