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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300585203321

Autore

Lyons Siobhan

Titolo

Death and the Machine : Intersections of Mortality and Robotics / / by Siobhan Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

981-13-0335-5

978-981-13-0335-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 85 p.)

Disciplina

174.96

Soggetti

Technology—Sociological aspects

Ethnology

Culture

Technology

Ethics

Science and Technology Studies

Cultural Anthropology

Culture and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Can Robots Die? -- Chapter 2: Death, Humanity and Existence -- Chapter 3: Machine Consciousness: Ethics and Implications -- Chapter 4: Imagining a Robot Death -- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Death beyond Biology -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This books 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, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.