Machine Consciousness and Pasychoanalytic Subjectivity in Klara and The Sun
International Journal of Research in English March 1, 2026 K Celin Selvakumari, D Wilfin John
The paper examines the ways in which the concepts of machine consciousness and psychoanalysis converge in the novel Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. The book traces Klara, a synthesized Friend who is meant to take care of children in the almost future world that is designed by genetic engineering and high-level AI. Despite a fact that Klara is a machine, she observes people and their...