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Artificial Intelligence In Flowers For Algernon By Daniel Keyes
If you had Artificial Intelligence (A.I) surgery would you be grateful ? I know Charlie Gordon was grateful for the surgery . Charlie's life got easier for him after the A.I surgery . In “Flowers for Algernon “ by Daniel Keyes. In this science fiction story , Charlie Gordon, a thirty seven year old man , with an I.Q of sixty eight who got a chance to be smart. Charlie always wanted to be smart so he agrees to the surgery . His I.Q tripled , Charlie was happy and grateful for the surgery. After he had the A.I surgey , life was better for him.

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