Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us - Brossura

Brooks, Rodney

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ISBN 10: 037572527X ISBN 13: 9780375725272

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003

Riassunto

The director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab speculates about the future relationship between humans and technologically engineered robots, examines the vast capabilities of such machines in a near-future world in which robots are capable of self-maintenance, self-reproduction, and emotions, and notes the moral and philosophical implications of such technology. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A book that will spark intense reactions and generate mind-twisting questions.” -The Boston Globe

“A stimulating book written by one of the major players in the field–perhaps the major player. . . . Offers surprisingly deep glimpses into what it is to be human.” -The New York Times Book Review

“Brooks . . . lucidly explores his life with robots....Flesh and Machines ranges far and wide, but remains unified by the author's passion.”–Wired

“Readers don’t have to share Brooks’ vision of the future to love reading his book, the imaginative work of a skilled yet genial provocateur.”–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Brooks [is] the irrepressible Pied Piper of robotics.” –Los Angeles Times

“A considered and thought-provoking work. . . . This is the best kind of popular science book: The ideas are clear and accessible but not dumbed down.”–American Scientist

“A man-as-machine thesis that is presented accessibly and humanely.” –Booklist

L'autore:

Rodney A. Brooks is Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT and director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is also chairman and chief technological officer of iRobot Corporation. He is a founding fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAA) and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The author of several books and a contributor to many journals, he was one of the subjects of Errol Morris’s 1997 documentary, Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control. Brooks was born in Australia and now lives in suburban Boston.

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• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 037572527X
• ISBN 13: 9780375725272
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272