Apocalyptic AI : visions of heaven in robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality / Robert M. Geraci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geraci, Robert M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Robotics.

Artificial intelligence.

Virtual reality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Apocalyptic AI, the hope that we might one day upload our minds into machines or cyberspace and live forever, is a surprisingly wide-spread and influential idea, affecting everything from the world view of online gamers to government research funding and philosophical thought. In Apocalyptic AI, Robert Geraci offers the first serious account of this ""cyber-theology"" and the people who promote it. Drawing on interviews with roboticists and AI researchers and with devotees of the online game Second Life, among others, Geraci illuminates the ideas of such advocates of Apocalyptic AI as Hans Mor

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Apocalyptic AI; 2 Laboratory Apocalypse; 3 Transcending Reality; 4 ""Immaterial"" Impact of the Apocalypse; 5 The Integration of Religion, Science, and Technology; Appendix One; Appendix Two; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-996400-9

0-19-974133-6

9786612484667

1-282-48466-4

OCLC:

550647847