The age of em : work, love, and life when robots rule the Earth / Robin Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanson, Robin, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Forecasting.

Social change.

Technological innovations.

Artificial intelligence--Forecasting.

Artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or 'ems'. Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I Basics; 1. Start; 2. Modes; 3. Framing; 4. Assumptions; 5. Implementation; Part II Physics; 6. Scales; 7. Infrastructure; 8. Appearances; 9. Information; 10. Existence; 11. Farewells; Part III Economics; 12. Labor; 13. Efficiency; 14. Work; 15. Business; 16. Growth; 17. Lifecycle; Part IV Organization; 18. Clumping; 19. Groups; 20. Conflict; 21. Politics; 22. Rules; Part V Sociology; 23. Mating; 24. Signals; 25. Collaboration; 26. Society; 27. Minds; Part VI Implications; 28. Variations; 29. Choices; 30. Finale; References; Index

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-191702-8

0-19-881782-7

0-19-106965-5

OCLC:

953455152