If super-high-tech android Dotty can spend an entire year masquerading as a twelve-year-old schoolgirl, she could win a multi-million-pound prize that will enable her creators to continue their ground-breaking work in the development of AI. Easy-peasy, right? As Dotty navigates the social expectations of Year 7 she gets into a series of hilarious scrapes, and encounters numerous ethical dilemmas both at school and at home. Then a boy in her class discovers there's a reward for outing the robot, and becomes intent on proving that Dotty is not who – or what – she says she is. To prevent herself from being discovered, Dotty needs to put into practice everything she has learned about being human. But will it be enough...?
A hilarious story that poses some fascinating philosophical and ethical questions, told from the point of view of a smart, sassy android robot.
A comic school adventure ideal for fans of David Walliams, David Solomons, David Baddiel and Pamela Butchart.
戴维·埃德蒙兹（David Edmonds），哲学家、作家，牛津大学尤希罗实践伦理学中心的高级研究员，著有《你会杀死那个胖子吗？》等畅销书。他具有深厚的哲学功底和语言能力，擅长用有趣的故事来解释哲学问题，他与哲学家奈杰尔·沃伯顿共同创立的哲学播客网站（Philosophy Bites），用通俗易懂的 语言探讨哲学话题，是英美广受欢迎的播客网站之一。《卧底机器人》是他与休·弗雷泽合著的儿童小说，故事情节一波三折，文字活泼幽默，又引入了关于“人类如何应对人工智能发展”的哲思，是一部极具现实意义的儿童小说。
休·弗雷泽（Hugh Fraser），英国著名的儿童有声故事网站Storynory创始人，该网站创办于2005年，会定期更新一些由专业演员朗读的童话、寓言等有声故事，在全球范围内拥有大量听众。休毕业于牛津大学古典文学系，具有出色的文学修养，擅长绘声绘色...