Virtually human : the promise--and the peril--of digital immortality /
"Explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness--simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology--becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robot...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "Explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness--simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology--becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robotics. Bina48 is a nascent Mindclone of Martine's wife that can engage in conversation, answer questions, and even have spontaneous thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a Mindfile created by the real Bina. If you're active on Twitter or Facebook, share photos through Instagram, or blogging regularly, you're already on your way to creating a Mindfile--a digital database of your thoughts, memories, feelings, and opinions that is essentially a back-up copy of your mind"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-340) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781250046635 (hbk.) 1250046637 (hbk.) |