Death and the Machine : Intersections of Mortality and Robotics / / by Siobhan Lyons
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| Autore: |
Lyons Siobhan
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| Titolo: |
Death and the Machine : Intersections of Mortality and Robotics / / by Siobhan Lyons
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| Pubblicazione: | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (VII, 85 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174.96 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - Social aspects |
| Ethnology | |
| Technology - Sociological aspects | |
| Ethics | |
| Science and Technology Studies | |
| Sociocultural Anthropology | |
| Science, Technology and Society | |
| Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Death and the Machine |
| ISBN: | 9789811303357 |
| 9811303355 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910300585203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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