Do rotots make love?: from Ai to immortality : understanding transhumanism in 12 questions - Hardcover

Alexandre, Laurent; Besnier, Jean-Michel

 
9781788400701: Do rotots make love?: from Ai to immortality : understanding transhumanism in 12 questions
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1788400704 ISBN 13: 9781788400701
Verlag: Cassel, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Should we enhance the human condition with technology?
Does anyone really want to live for a thousand years?
Could AI end up destroying mankind?

Discover the incredible potential of mankind's near future as a Doctor and a Philosopher debate the big questions surrounding the incredible potential of transhumanism. This movement - that seeks to improve the human condition through science - has fast become one of the most controversial the scientific community have ever faced. As scientists in California make great strides in using advanced technology to enhance human intellect and physiology, the ethical and moral questions surrounding its possibilities have never been more pressing. Should we change the way we reproduce? Could we enhance the human body with technology to the point where we are all technically cyborgs? Is it possible to make love to a robot?

Doctor and entrepreneur Laurent Alexandre and tech-philosopher Jean Michel Besnier go head to head on the big questions in an entertaining and thought-provoking debate on the fundamental principles of transhumanism.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Laurent Alexandre is a French urological surgeon, author, entrepreneur and expert on transhumanism who has written for the Huffington Post and Le Monde.

Jean-Michel Besnier is an emeritus professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris specialising in the impact of science and technology on human society.

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Should we enhance the human condition with technology?
Does anyone really want to live for a thousand years?
Could AI end up destroying mankind?

Discover the incredible potential of mankind's near future as a Doctor and a Philosopher debate the big questions surrounding the incredible potential of transhumanism. This movement - that seeks to improve the human condition through science - has fast become one of the most controversial the scientific community have ever faced. As scientists in California make great strides in using advanced technology to enhance human intellect and physiology, the ethical and moral questions surrounding its possibilities have never been more pressing. Should we change the way we reproduce? Could we enhance the human body with technology to the point where we are all technically cyborgs? Is it possible to make love to a robot?

Doctor and entrepreneur Laurent Alexandre and tech-philosopher Jean Michel Besnier go head to head on the big questions in an entertaining and thought-provoking debate on the fundamental principles of transhumanism.

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Verlag
Cassel
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1788400704
ISBN 13 
9781788400701
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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