An AI generated novel

    A few weeks ago I started reading iPhuck 10 by Viktor Pelevin. I'm reading it in Russian, and as I don't often read in Russian, it's a challenge just to read it, and I have to reread certain sections. There are also many words I don't understand, so I sometimes don't understand what's happening, and I have to ask my parents for the definitions. Yet slowly and surely I'm reading through it, just getting to the start of the explanation of the iPhuck.

    The narrator is an artificial intelligence literate-police robot working for the Russian police department. The storyline takes place around the year 2050. He [robot] starts with an explanation of himself. He has a name, Porfiry Petrovich. From my understanding of the book, Porfiry doesn't have a physical body. He is a specialized software, with multiple virtual avatars he may choose from. Porfiry can go through the cameras of citizens' houses to spy/examine them. Citizens can buy non-permanent "passes" for the robots not to be allowed to spy/examine them.

    In the first chapter (the explanation was an introduction) Porfiry goes to examine the house of Maruha Cho. He looks through various cameras and describes some framed images that he sees. Porfiry then connects to a TV to be able to talk to Maruha. He then connects to an iPhuck. I have only read to here, so I barely know what an iPhuck is, but from my best understandings it's some sort of device.

    Though the concept of this book is quite interesting, I don't enjoy reading it that much. It's totally possible that this is because I'm reading it in Russian, with many words I don't understand. If this concept sounds interesting to you, go ahead and read it. But for now I will stick to reading it in Russian.

- Lenny