1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005062890403321

Autore

Jules-Verne, Jean <1892- >

Titolo

Jules Verne / Jean Jules-Verne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Hachette, c1973

Descrizione fisica

383 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

843.8

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

843.8 VERNE/S 2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910370044103321

Autore

Gibson Rebecca

Titolo

Desire in the Age of Robots and AI : An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact / / by Rebecca Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2020

ISBN

9783030240172

3030240177

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

809.93356

303.483

Soggetti

Physical anthropology

Medical anthropology

Technology - Sociological aspects

Mass media

Literature and technology

Mass media and literature

Physical-Biological Anthropology

Medical Anthropology

Science, Technology and Society

Media Sociology

Literature and Technology



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. The Gears and Wires of Robot Sex -- Chapter 2. What Defines Reality?: Robot/Android Self-Knowledge and Authenticity -- Chapter 3. Incep Dates and Pleasure Models: Death, Life, and Love in Blade Runner -- Chapter 4. Angel Replicants and Solid Holograms-Blade Runner 2049 and Its Impact on Robotics -- Chapter 5. Moving Toward an Acceptance of Robotic Sexuality through Sci-Fi. .

Sommario/riassunto

"... Rebecca Gibson has given us this wonderful book that details how these technologies could have an even more profound influence-redefining that in us which is most human." - Chris Irwin Davis, Ph.D., A.I. Research Scientist "Gibson's book is a delightful and dirty look on what separates us from the machines, and exactly what those differences say about us if they even exist anymore." -Jef Rouner, author of The Rook Circle "Well researched, engaging, and thought provoking, Dr. Gibson has given humanity a lot to consider when it comes to our desires and creations. A winning combination of entertaining and well documented information and analysis!" -Eli Girvin, Talent Analytics Strategy Consultant with IBM This book examines how science fiction's portrayal of humanity's desire for robotic companions influences and reflects changes in our actual desires. It begins by taking the reader on a journey that outlines basic human desires-in short, we are storytellers, and we need the objects of our desire to be able to mirror that aspect of our beings. This not only explores the reasons we seek out differences in our mates, but also why we crave sex and romance with robots. In creating a new species of potential companions, science fiction highlights what we already want and how our desires dictate-and are in return recreated- by what is written. But sex with robots is more than a sci-fi pop-culture phenomenon; it's a driving force in the latest technological advances in cybernetic science. As such, this book looks at both what we imagine and what we can create in terms of the newest iterations of robotic companionship.