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Science, Sex and Robots
Taschenbuch von Kate Devlin
Sprache: Englisch

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An exploration of sexuality, technology, and humanity through the promises of artificial intelligence.

The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. But beyond the fantasies there are real and fundamental questions about our relationship with technology as it moves into the realm of robotics. Artificial intelligence raises very real concerns. Sexual activity is central to our very existence; it shapes how we think, how we act and how we live. With advances in technology come machines that may one day think independently. What will happen to us when we form close relationships with these intelligent systems?

Chapter by chapter, this book builds on the science and the philosophy surrounding our most intimate relationship with technology. The scene is set with the history of the artificial sexual companion, then goes on to explore the "modern" robot and the twentieth century sci-fi that promised us our own robot slaves. An explanation of artificial intelligence and the urge to create sentient machines delves into our own psychology: how does desire affect our own behavior, and can we become attached to an inanimate object? Can robots make society a better place? And what can go wrong?

Sex robots are here, and here to stay--and more are coming. This book explores how the emerging and future development of sexual companion robots might affect us, and our society. It explores the social changes arising from emerging technologies, and our relationships with the machines that may someday care for us and about us.

An exploration of sexuality, technology, and humanity through the promises of artificial intelligence.

The idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. But beyond the fantasies there are real and fundamental questions about our relationship with technology as it moves into the realm of robotics. Artificial intelligence raises very real concerns. Sexual activity is central to our very existence; it shapes how we think, how we act and how we live. With advances in technology come machines that may one day think independently. What will happen to us when we form close relationships with these intelligent systems?

Chapter by chapter, this book builds on the science and the philosophy surrounding our most intimate relationship with technology. The scene is set with the history of the artificial sexual companion, then goes on to explore the "modern" robot and the twentieth century sci-fi that promised us our own robot slaves. An explanation of artificial intelligence and the urge to create sentient machines delves into our own psychology: how does desire affect our own behavior, and can we become attached to an inanimate object? Can robots make society a better place? And what can go wrong?

Sex robots are here, and here to stay--and more are coming. This book explores how the emerging and future development of sexual companion robots might affect us, and our society. It explores the social changes arising from emerging technologies, and our relationships with the machines that may someday care for us and about us.

Über den Autor

Kate Devlin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. Having begun her career as an archaeologist before moving into computer science, Devlin's research is in the fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), investigating how people interact with and react to technology, to understand how emerging and future technologies will affect us and the society in which we live.

Two years ago, Kate began to explore the particular ways in which sex, gender and sexuality might be incorporated into cognitive systems such as sexual companion robots; having assembled a research team of leading academics to work on this topic, she has become a driving force in the field of artificial sexuality. In short, Kate has become the face of sex robots. She has written articles on the subject for New Scientist and the Guardian, appeared on BBC Radios 1-5, and made a number of TV appearances, along with TEDx talks and numerous other tech and philosophy events, receiving significant media coverage on the way. Kate recently achieved the ultimate accolade of being misquoted in the Daily Mail.

Zusammenfassung
Covers a diverse range of topics - artificial intelligence, psychology, history, philosophy, literature, film, law and ethics - providing a broad text for a wide audience.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1: Been There, Done That
Chapter 2: I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
Chapter 3: On Paperclips, Cats and Zombies
Chapter 4: You Had Me at 'Hello World'
Chapter 5: Silicone Valleys
Chapter 6: Killer Gynoids and Manic Pixie Dream Bots
Chapter 7: It's All Academic
Chapter 8: Utopia/Dystopia
Chapter 9: Law and Disorders
Chapter 10: What Comes Next?
Epilogue: Better Loving Through Technology
Select References
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472950901
ISBN-10: 1472950909
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 367132
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Devlin, Kate
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 125 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Kate Devlin
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,202 kg
Artikel-ID: 115536451
Über den Autor

Kate Devlin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London. Having begun her career as an archaeologist before moving into computer science, Devlin's research is in the fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), investigating how people interact with and react to technology, to understand how emerging and future technologies will affect us and the society in which we live.

Two years ago, Kate began to explore the particular ways in which sex, gender and sexuality might be incorporated into cognitive systems such as sexual companion robots; having assembled a research team of leading academics to work on this topic, she has become a driving force in the field of artificial sexuality. In short, Kate has become the face of sex robots. She has written articles on the subject for New Scientist and the Guardian, appeared on BBC Radios 1-5, and made a number of TV appearances, along with TEDx talks and numerous other tech and philosophy events, receiving significant media coverage on the way. Kate recently achieved the ultimate accolade of being misquoted in the Daily Mail.

Zusammenfassung
Covers a diverse range of topics - artificial intelligence, psychology, history, philosophy, literature, film, law and ethics - providing a broad text for a wide audience.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1: Been There, Done That
Chapter 2: I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
Chapter 3: On Paperclips, Cats and Zombies
Chapter 4: You Had Me at 'Hello World'
Chapter 5: Silicone Valleys
Chapter 6: Killer Gynoids and Manic Pixie Dream Bots
Chapter 7: It's All Academic
Chapter 8: Utopia/Dystopia
Chapter 9: Law and Disorders
Chapter 10: What Comes Next?
Epilogue: Better Loving Through Technology
Select References
Acknowledgements
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472950901
ISBN-10: 1472950909
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 367132
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Devlin, Kate
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 195 x 125 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Kate Devlin
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,202 kg
Artikel-ID: 115536451
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