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Cyborg Futures: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Cyborg Futures: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Heffernan, Teresa

Hardcover

Series: Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI

Technology & EngineeringGeneral ComputersGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 303021835X
ISBN13: 9783030218355
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Dec 6 2019
Pages: 187
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This volume brings together academics from evolutionary biology, literary theory, robotics, digital culture, anthropology, sociology, and environmental studies to consider the impact of robotics and AI on society. By bringing these perspectives together in one book, readers gain a sense of the complex scientific, social, and ideological contexts within which AI and robotics research is unfolding, as well as the illusory suppositions and distorted claims being mobilized by the industry in the name of bettering humanity's future. Discussions about AI and robotics have been shaped by computer science and engineering, steered by corporate and military interests, forged by transhumanist philosophy and libertarian politics, animated by fiction, and hyped by the media. From fiction passing as science to the illusion of AI autonomy to the business of ethics to the automation of war, this collection recognizes the inevitable entanglement of humanity and technology, while exposing theproblematic assumptions and myths driving the field in order to better assess its risks and potential.

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