Love + Sex with Robots
Download or Read eBook Love + Sex with Robots PDF written by David Levy and published by Duckworth Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : David Levy |
Publisher | : Duckworth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 0715637770 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780715637777 |
Rating | : 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Love + Sex with Robots by : David Levy
Book excerpt: 4e de couverture: From Pygmalion falling for his chiselled Galatea, to Dr Frankenstein marvelling at his monster, to the man-meets-machine fiction of Philip K Dick and Michael Crichton, humans have been enthralled by the possibilities of emotional relationships with their technological creations. Synthesizing cutting-edge research in robotics with the cultural history and psychology of artificial intelligence, Love and Sex with Robots explores this fascination - and its far-reaching implications. Using examples drawn from around the world, David Levy argues that, once we have conditioned ourselves to feel affection for animate creations, the next logical step is physical intimacy ...