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Death and the machine : intersections of mortality and robotics / by Siobhan Lyons.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyons, Siobhán, author.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 85 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
- Summary:
- This book challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, it examines the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.
- Contents:
- Can robots die?
- Death, humanity and existence
- Machine consciousness: ethics and implications
- Imagining a robot death
- Death beyond biology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-82) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789811303340
- 9811303347
- OCLC:
- 1039479546
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