Приключения Электроника

Приключения Электроника и его друзей #1-3

by Yevgeny Veltistov, Евгений Велтистов

Доктор физико-математических наук, профессор Сергей Петрович Капица назвал Электроника «Буратино наших дней», а его историю — сказкой, спроецированной в электронный век. Завязка сюжета построена на необычайном сходстве мальчика-робота и ученика 7 класса Сережи Сыроежкина. Фантастическая цепь приключений начинается с побега мальчика-робота от профессора Громова. Случайная встреча живого мальчика Сережи Сыроежкина и мальчика робота Электроника приводит к смешным и забавным приключениям героев.

Genres: Childrens, Science Fiction, Fiction, Russia

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Yevgeny Serafimovich Veltistov was a Soviet writer and screenwriter, who wrote a series of science fiction tales for young readers.

He was born into the family of a military engineer in 1934. In the second year of the Great Patriotic War, he came to study at school. There were few books. There are even fewer notebooks. I wanted to read very much. When asked who you will become, he replied: "A seller of children's books. To read everything."
Then he changed his mind. I decided to become a journalist. It was a firm decision. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov in 1956. He began to work - first in newspapers, then - as a department editor in the popular magazine "Ogonyok". He was in charge of feuilletons and all sorts of things that were printed on the last pages.

He brought the manuscript of the first book to the Children's Literature publishing house. Soon she saw the light. Others saw the light behind it.

He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.

Reviews

[Cam (Lana Belova) · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Приключения Электроника" (The Adventures of Elektronic)
Yuriy Torsuev as Sergey Syroezhkin, Vladimir Torsuev as Elektronic (AI)

During my first reading of this book I was amazed by how the movie version had improved on some of the story points in this series, giving them more colour if not being specific in exploring little details the books were packed with. They're truly fascinating and knowledgeable details that spark imagination and give the information to think about, which I was and am grateful for!


Ressi -the AI dog created by Elektronic

There're a few rare examples when I love a film version more than a book. I have watched - based on the first two books in the series - film first as a seven year old kid and it had instantly become my favourite and a must during the summer months! 
The story itself and Yevgeniy Migunov's illustrations are fantastic, I think I was ten or eleven when I picked the first book up, which up to this day remains my most favourite from this series. Would love to re-visit all the 4 stories again :)

25 March '23
P.S. "Strong AI is made up of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). Artificial general intelligence (AGI), or general AI, is a theoretical form of AI where a machine would have an intelligence equaled to humans; it would have a self-aware consciousness that has the ability to solve problems, learn, and plan for the future. Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI)—also known as superintelligence—would surpass the intelligence and ability of the human brain."
Excerpt from an IBM.com article

Elektronic is somewhere in between AGI and ASI, I guess... 🤔 It certainly looked appealing for a kid to have such a friend :) But what is really important is that Elektronic had the ability to create a friendly atmosphere around him and was fun to be with, also not only the intelligence he's had but the heart, too. And what could be more important than that?