Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind - Softcover

Moravec, Hans P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195136306 ISBN 13: 9780195136302

Verlag: OUP Australia and New Zealand, 2000

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In this compelling book, Hans Moravec predicts that machines will attain human levels of intelligence by the year 2040, and that by 2050, they will surpass us. But even though Moravec predicts the end of the domination by human beings, his is not a bleak vision. Far from railing against a future in which machines rule the world, Moravec embraces it, taking the startling view that intelligent robots will actually be our evolutionary heirs. "Intelligent machines, which will grow from us, learn our skills, and share our goals and values, can be viewed as children of our minds." And since they are our children, we will want them to outdistance us. In fact, in a bid for immortality, many of our descendants will choose to transform into "ex humans," as they upload themselves into advanced computers.

This provocative new book, the highly anticipated follow-up to his bestselling volumeMind Children, charts the trajectory of robotics in breathtaking detail. A must read for artificial intelligence, technology, and computer enthusiasts, Moravec's freewheeling but informed speculations present a future far different than we ever dared imagine.

Biografía del autor

BHans Moravec, one of the leaders of robotics research, was a founder of the world's largest robotics program, at Carnegie Mellon University. The author ofMind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence, Moravec lives in Pittsburgh.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP Australia and New Zealand
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0195136306
• ISBN 13: 9780195136302
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240