Death and the machine : intersections of mortality and robotics /

This book 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, it examines the changing natur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Siobhán (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents:
  • Can robots die?
  • Death, humanity and existence
  • Machine consciousness: ethics and implications
  • Imagining a robot death
  • Death beyond biology.