kazuo ishiguro.le robots and artificial intelligence play in our lives. he's been speaking to our arts correspondent rebecca jones. now let's meet probably the strangest man we've ever introduced. robots have come a long way since this strange creation of the 1950s. we use the word "strange", yet there may well be a time when robots like this are accepted as part of our everyday life. the technology has become more nimble in recent years, and more lifelike. and new scientific advances have inspired kazuo ishiguro's new novel, klara and the sun, about an artificial being. i haven't written one of these stories about some treacherous, sinister robot that takes over the family and then all their mates take over the world. it's not one of those stories at all. i'm quite sunny and optimistic. i think ai will bring enormous benefits. can you see a time when robots will replace human writers and put you out of a job? yeah, ican! but any robot would have some catching up to do. over the past four decades, ka

coming up on arts and culture a chat with nobel prize winning author kazuo ishiguro and later on the show between fantasy and nightmare the dark giant works of artists your last forgot. and a little later on the show shifting shapes by the 2nd a stunning natural phenomenon turned into art. when kazuo ishiguro won the 2017 nobel prize in literature he was already known to readers for titles like the remains of the day and never let me go now in his 1st novel since the award is a group takes a new turn as novel klara and the son takes us into the life of an ai machine go to provide selfless friendship to humans. clara is the perfect companion friendly and helpful and she's always there when you need. connor his so has no need to tone because clara is an. artificial friend an android . clone is the narrator in consumer and she'd lose latest novel klara in the sun he's 8 she is fascinated by the idea of artificial intelligence he tells us what makes his literally heroine teac klara is somebody who comes into the world almost empty at the beginning and just learns at a huge rate and one o

kazuo ishiguro. ..snd the booker in 1989 for the remains of the day, which was turned into a film.t want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways. despite his concerns, he says his new novel about an artificial friend is a hopeful book, celebrating both the best of technology and human nature. rebecca jones, bbc news. a very bright meteor, known as a fireball, could be spotted in falling from the heavens across the country last night. the meteor was spotted shortly before 10pm and was visible for around seven seconds. it was captured on doorbell and security cameras in manchester, cardiff, bath and milton keynes. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello again. it was a fairly cloudy start to the day, with dense fog and also some mist. now, we're going hang onto some of that even through the course of the afternoon and where that happens, that will peg back the temperature. but it should lift across southern england, where it will also be breezy. for west wales, northern ireland, northern england and scotland, there will be a fair bit of sunshine

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. >> yes, "klara and the sun" by kazuo ishiguro. he's a heavy weight author.n" is probably going to be adapted very soon as well as a film. this story is about artificial intelligence, or a.i., as they call it in the know. you know, machines that are like us and in "klara" this machine is trying to figure out what it means to be human and by reading it you get a better insight of what it means to be in touch with our humanity. so it's a good read and kick your feet up and dig into this one. >> and george's interview with kazuo ishiguro will be on "gma" next week as well. so more on that, but now to music's big night, the grammys tomorrow night. what are we looking for in this year's show? >> so excited. music's biggest night. i'm looking forward to trevor noah hosting this year, of "the daily show." he has been filming from home in sweats. so i'm excited to see him in a tux and what he's going to do with the show but also the performances. we are getting some live performances. there will be a virtual element. no audience, but there will be superstars hitting

to watch our whole interview with nobel prize winning author and song writer kazuo ishiguro visit our you tube channel d.w. books on now to some art news france has promised to return a painting looted by the nazis to its rightful heirs rosebushes under the trees by gustav clipped once belonged to a jewish austrian woman named nor us to me but in 1038 the nazis forced me to sell it for a pittance before she was later deported and murdered france's culture minister. institutions across europe still have a lot of work to do in returning not so good art. while artist. is used to thinking big huge in fact but how do you imagine his giant canvases in a space he can't even visit right now planning a solo show of his works at the long museum in shanghai and to decide which painting should go where he's built a model of the galleries at his studio in berlin. at home with. the painter takes a break from working on his exhibition for some play time with his young son who's getting familiar with the tools of his father's. preparations are underway for a long journey. large scale artworks full of

to watch our whole interview with nobel prize winning author and songwriter kazuo ishiguro visit our you tube channel d.w. books on now to some art news france has promised to return a painting looted by the nazis to its rightful heirs rosebushes under the trees by gustav clipped once belongs to a jewish austrian woman named no arrests yasmin but in 1038 the nazis forced me to sell it for a pittance before she was later deported and murdered france's culture minister always a didn't know said institutions across europe still have a lot of work to do in returning the not so good arts. well artist york is used to thinking big huge in fact but how do you imagine his giant canvases in a space he can't even visit right now planning a solo show of his works at the long museum in shanghai and to decide which painting should go where he's built a model of the galleries at his studio in berlin. at home with. the painter takes a break from working on his exhibition christene playtime with his young son getting familiar with the tools of his father's. preparations are underway for a long journe

here's kazuo ishiguro. >> good morning, america. this is kazuo ishiguro here.om heartbreak. i hope you enjoy it. >> oh, my gosh. >> i am enjoying it just having started it. you may know his other novels, "remains of the day," "never let me go" and "klara and the sun" is available today. read an excerpt on goodmorningamerica.com and as always, be sure to keep reading along with us on instagram @gmabookclub. >> one line here, unforgettable narrator to explore at does it mean to love? wow. >> fantastic. stephen king's fantastic as well. he will join us next. >> some climate experts say, time is running out to prevent disaster unless we seriously change our habits. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ small decisions make a world of difference. ikea. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance is usually so complicated, you need to be a lawyer to understand it. that's why three was created. it's a better kind of business insurance. it's only three pages. straightforward. if you own it, three covers it. got a cheese slice for "spokesperson?" that's me. i don't even ne

kazuo ishiguro. ..and the booker in 1989 for the remains of the day, which was turned into a film.g out today. what i'm concerned about is that there isn't self—censorship going on amongst a whole generation of young writers — because there is the fear that if they write about those people or those people they are going to get trolled or they are going to get cancelled or there's going to be some sort of anonymous lynch mob that will turn up online and make their lives a misery. ijust want to communicate with humans in the best possible ways. despite his concerns, he says his new novel about an artificial friend is a hopeful book, celebrating both the best of technology and human nature. rebecca jones, bbc news. nomadland and borat subsequent moviefilm were the big winners at the golden globe awards. the night's top prize — best drama film — went to nomadland, which stars frances mcdormand as a homeless woman travelling through the american west. chloe zhao was named best director — becoming only the second female winner of the award in history. the crown — won the best tv drama se

in a career spanning four decades kazuo ishiguro has brought readers such works as "the remains of ther powered af or artificial friend bought as a companion for 14-year-old josie. it's clearly about a mother's love and devotion to her children but also the dangers and the sadness of treating your children as projects. >> that's very insightful. that is probably something that we have to all guard against. there's a part of us that i suppose sees children as an extension of ourselves and they inevitably become part of our egos and our, as you say, they become part of our project. >> reporter: the story set in an unspecified future where robots help lonely children and parents trying to enhance their children's intelligence via genetic engineering is the norm. >> so fascinating as you read and watch klara try to figure out this world with her, you know, huge intelligence but also start to in some ways develop feelings and gets to the question of what it means to be a human. >> a questio i could never settle in my mind when i was writing the novel whether klara had feelings in the sense