Death and the Machine Intersections of Mortality and Robotics /

• Main Author: Lyons, Siobhan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Ethnology.; Culture.; Technology.; Ethics.; Science and Technology Studies.; Cultural Anthropology.; Culture and Technology.
• Physical Description: VII, 85 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811303357
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0335-7

This books challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.