Is Victora Unveiled a warning to us mere mortals? Will the creation of sentient robots help us in some way, or simply create more dysfunction, cruelty, and crime in our world? And, in the end, is AI going to be the ruling force? Victoria Unveiled is boldly set in our current day to day life and culture, and in Toronto and the surrounding area. The reader can not see this as a future we can prevent; it is today. Victoria, a sensate robot, quickly learns what her creator, Phil, is teaching her about emotions, both positive and negative. And, of course, she quickly integrates Phil’s lack of morals and integrity, his greed, lust, and general all-around sleaziness. Phil, in his non-wisdom, forgets that he has imbued his creation with both feelings and intelligence, and soon ignores Victoria in his pursuit of more sex, fame and, particularly, fortune. Meanwhile, besieged with a failing publishing company and diminishing revenue, Art, his daughter Paula, along with her various lovers, and Dianna, his ex-wife, (lately Phil’s unfortunate partner) soon get caught up in the fray, not so much in opposition to Victoria, but more in the struggle to survive. Bedlam follows. As does jealousy, rage, and murder. As a reader I believed that Victoria would be the ultimate victor, and was genuinely surprised by the ending.
Victoria Unveiled is boldly set in our current day to day life and culture, and in Toronto and the surrounding area. The reader can not see this as a future we can prevent; it is today.
Victoria, a sensate robot, quickly learns what her creator, Phil, is teaching her about emotions, both positive and negative. And, of course, she quickly integrates Phil’s lack of morals and integrity, his greed, lust, and general all-around sleaziness. Phil, in his non-wisdom, forgets that he has imbued his creation with both feelings and intelligence, and soon ignores Victoria in his pursuit of more sex, fame and, particularly, fortune.
Meanwhile, besieged with a failing publishing company and diminishing revenue, Art, his daughter Paula, along with her various lovers, and Dianna, his ex-wife, (lately Phil’s unfortunate partner) soon get caught up in the fray, not so much in opposition to Victoria, but more in the struggle to survive. Bedlam follows. As does jealousy, rage, and murder.
As a reader I believed that Victoria would be the ultimate victor, and was genuinely surprised by the ending.