Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 076531083X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bill Hosack MD Rahudimer V StBanderzodie Although the subject matter is timely and interesting the book tends to be a bit textbookish and soporific. I found myself skipping over large sections, or frankly falling asleep. The style is decidedly not Benford; I found myself repeatedly going back over sentences and paragraphs trying to figure out what they were trying to say, only to think "oh, is that all?" Suffice it to say that although I've voraciously read about every SciFi Doctor Benford has ever written, I'm afraid two stars is the highest I can go on this one. Sorry Greg.. The Future's Future Companion Guide Sniff Code When the future "that's closer than you think" gets just a little closer, this book will be the Crash Course Companion guide to go with it. It will have to be, since most other books on the same topic involve a textual style that requires a great deal of heavy lifting. This book, however, is divided in nice, quick and easy to read anecdotal chapters. Speculative? Yes. Of course. It's the future we're talking about here. This book looks past the visible horizon line, advising that just because we can't see it, doesn't mean we won't. In fact, the Copyright date is 2007. Two years has passed and I've seen many of the questions (Robot Laws) r. Neat, but not for enthusiasts. This book offers a pretty exciting examination of current technologies and their possible future applications, but doesn't go farther than hopeful speculation. The language is not very technically specific, and most of the examples are from sci-fi movies and books. This book is fun and worth checking out from the library, but I highly recommend that you purchase "The singularity is near" for a more stimulating read.
and The Day the Earth Stood Still). . From Publishers Weekly The simple title of this book belies its profundity-and its sense of humor. Throughout, the authors maintain a playful sense, an optimistic view of the future and a steady grip on this rapidly expanding field. Looking at robots' use in all areas, such as unskilled labor, precision work (like surgery), the home and the battlefield, Benford and Malartre take into account not just the latest research and developments, but the long popularity of robots and cyborgs in pop culture (citing movies like A.I. All rights r
Gregory Benford and Elizabeth Malartre both teach at the University of California and live in Irvine, California.
Written in a lively and provocative style, this is a readable book about the accumulation of small scientific advances that add up to something large and challenging.. Can we go too far in making ourselves machine-like or making machines resemble us? Once made, what will such creatures think about us? These questions will arise in myriad ways in the next few decades, as we press against boundaries that a short while ago existed only in works of the imagination. Would your body work better with some artificial parts? Will you live longer, perhaps a lot longer, than you now expect? The next decade promises another qualitative shift in the way we view technology, as once purely fictional conceptsrobots, cyborg parts, and the many variations in betweenbecome part of reality.Beyond Human treats the landscape of human self-change and robotic development as poles of the same phenomenon