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Apocalyptic AI

By Geraci

Apocalyptic AI

By Geraci

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Apocalyptic AI, the hope that we might one day upload our minds into machines and live forever in cyberspace, is a surprisingly wide-spread and influential idea, affecting everything from the world view of online gamers to government research funding and philosophical thought. In Apocalyptic AI, Robert Geraci offers the first serious account of this ¿cyber-theology¿ and the people who promote it, drawing on interviews with roboticists and AI researchers and even devotees of the online game Second Life. He points out that the rhetoric of Apocalyptic AI is strikingly similar to that of the apocalyptic traditions of Judaism and Christianity--in both systems the believer is trapped in a dualistic universe and expects a resolution in which he or she will be translated to a transcendent new world and live forever in a glorified new body. Geraci also shows how this worldview exerts significant influence by promoting certain types of research in robotics and artificial intelligence, and has also had an impact on philosophers of mind, theologians, and even legal scholars.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
246
Release Date:
2010-03-05
Publication Date:
2018-06-26
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195393023
ISBN13:
9780195393026
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
537 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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