Robot
mere machine to transcendent mind
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Author
Publication
1999 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
56,750 words, Guess
Page Count
227 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL699554M
- ISBN-100195116305
- OCLC Control Number97047328
- OCLC Control Number38042947
- OCLC Control Numberrobotmeremachine0000mora
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97047328
- LibraryThing194459
- Goodreads1768270
Classifications
- DDC303.48/34/0112
- LCCTJ211 .M655 1999
Description
In this mind-bending new book, Hans Moravec takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride packed with startling predictions. He tells us, for instance, that in the not-too-distant future, an army of robots will displace workers, causing massive, unprecedented unemployment. But then, says Moravec, a period of very comfortable existence will follow, as humans benefit from a fully automated economy. And eventually, as machines evolve far beyond humanity, robots will supplant us. But if Moravec predicts the end of the domination by human beings, his is not a bleak vision. Far from railing against a future in which machines rule the world, Moravec embraces it, taking the startling view that intelligent robots will actually be our evolutionary heirs.
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