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Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind by Moravec, Hans

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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
9780195136302
Book Title
Robot : Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind
Item Length
6.1in
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Hans Moravec
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Computers, Social Science
Topic
Future Studies, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Robotics
Item Width
9.1in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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In this compelling book, Hans Moravec predicts that machines will attain human levels of intelligence by the year 2040, and that by 2050, they will surpass us. But even though 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. "Intelligent machines, which will grow from us, learn our skills, and share our goals and values, can be viewed as children of our minds." And since they are our children, we will want them to outdistance us. In fact, in a bid for immortality, many of our descendants will choose to transform into "ex humans," as they upload themselves into advanced computers. This provocative new book, the highly anticipated follow-up to his bestselling volume Mind Children, charts the trajectory of robotics in breathtaking detail. A must read for artificial intelligence, technology, and computer enthusiasts, Moravec's freewheeling but informed speculations present a future far different than we ever dared imagine.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195136306
ISBN-13
9780195136302
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1574947

Product Key Features

Book Title
Robot : Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind
Author
Hans Moravec
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Future Studies, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Robotics
Publication Year
2000
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Computers, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.1in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
9.1in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Tj211
Reviews
"Stop worrying about the Millennium Bug and read how we'll be replaced by our electronic creations before 2050. Robot is the most awesome work of controlled imagination I have ever encountered: Hans Moravec stretched my mind until it hit the stops."--Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Chancellor:International Space University and University of Moratuwa, "Moravec's book is...intellectually adventurous and free with confident speculation. This is good knockabout stuff, a heady and unnrving glimpse into a possible future."--Colin McGinn, NYTBR, "Moravec elaborates on his vision in bold, and surprisingly compelling detail... no reader will want to miss out on Moravec's clairvoyant perception of tomorrow's universe."--The Lingua Franca Review, "Intellectually adventurous and free with confident futuristic speculation."--International Herald Tribune, "Robotics pioneer Moravec predicts that if the present exponential growth rate of computers continues, super-robots that perceive, intuit, adapt, think and even simulate feelings much like human beings will be buildable before 2050.... Moravec dares to dream of a trillion-fingered medicalrobot whose molecular interventions allow it to act as diagnostic instrument, surgeon and medicine, and of quantum computers that make time travel conceivable. In this remarkable report, Moravec may have looked deeper into some aspects of the future than anyone else."--Publishers Weekly, "Stop worrying about the Millennium Bug and read how we'll be replaced by our electronic creations before 2050. Robot is the most awesome work of controlled imagination I have ever encountered: Hans Moravec stretched my mind until it hit the stops."--Sir Arthur C. Clark, Chancellor:International Space University and University of Moratuwa, "Moravec's vision, a bewildering but amazingly interconnected set of ideas, is enthusiastically presented and reasonably argued, and will captivate futurists."--Gilbert Taylor,Booklist, "Robot is a dramatic, awe-inspiring prophecy of the human future by Hans Moravec....Wired readers sampled Moravec's vision in 'Supehumanism'. His new book amplifies and substantiates that vision in concise, simple, yet elegant prose. Robot is an uncompromisingly radical synthesis ofsociobiology, computer science, and philosophy. Robot paints a headbending but persuasive picture of our next 50 years, augmented with fascinating fragments from the more distant future." --Wired
Copyright Date
2000
Lccn
97-047328
Dewey Decimal
303.48/34/0112
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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