When robots hug / James A. Crowder, Alan C. Crowder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowder, James A., author.

Crowder, Alan C., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Science and fiction (Springer (Firm)) 2197-1196

Science and fiction, 2197-1196

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Fiction.

Artificial intelligence.

Robotics--Fiction.

Robotics.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 96 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

By 2027, it had been seven years since the scientists' sea-changing research on artificial psychology and robotics. The work debuted around the same time as Large Language Model Chatbots, and the power of the integration of the two technologies put many industries in a tailspin. The commercial and defense industries especially were still scrambling to regulate their use in research and universities. The sought-after scientists signed with DARPA to build reliable and secure AI entities, but the agency grew fearful of the technology's power and ultimately decided it was too dangerous to bring to market and demanded the scientists destroy the work. The researchers couldn't bring themselves to discard 20 years of research, so instead sent the entities to various research labs around the world. But unbeknownst to them, each AI-entity embraced its new home, growing, adapting, evolving, and ultimately connecting beyond what the researchers could envision. In the end, as the scientists catch up to each one, they realize the entities have discovered a very human means of interacting: the power of physical contact; and not physical contact between humans and technology, but physical contact between robotic entities. And with this discovery, the entities join forces to only grow stronger. This development ushers in a new paradigm where the difference between AI-entities and human entities becomes less and less discernible. All the AI and robotic science featured in the book is real; the story line is fictional, but with how fast innovation moves, it's not hard to envision.

Contents:

Introduction

The DARPA Dilemma

Scattered Avatars

Topsy Turing

Fractured Memories

Artificial Neurogenesis

The Assimilation

The Collective Singing the 'I Can't Decrypt Them' Blues

SANDI's Environment

Chatbot Lydia

Asimov's Failure

The Hackers get Hacked

Dangerous Liaisons

SANDI's Dilemma

Dead. Yet Alive

Answers at Last

Preparing to Bring them Home

The Collection Process

The Final Preparations

The Integration Begins

The Integration of MAXWELL

The Integration of ISAAC

The Integration of SANDI

The Integration of ELYSE

When Robots Hug

The Science Behind the Novel

Conclusion.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

3031508025

9783031508028

OCLC:

1409621683