Do Robots Make Love?: From AI to Immortality - Understanding Transhumanism in 12 Questions

Hardback Published on: 05/07/2018
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Synopsis

Should we enhance the human condition with technology?Does anyone really want to live for a thousand years?Could AI end up destroying mankind?Discover the incredible potential of mankind's near future as Doctor and entrepreneur Laurent Alexandre and tech-philosopher Jean Michel Besnier go head to head on the big questions in an entertaining and thought-provoking debate on the fundamental principles of transhumanism.This movement seeks to improve the human condition through science - has fast become one of the most controversial the scientific community have ever faced. As great strides are made in using advanced technology to enhance human intellect and physiology, the ethical and moral questions surrounding its possibilities have never been more pressing. Should we change the way we reproduce? Could we enhance the human body with technology to the point where we are all technically cyborgs? Is it possible to make love to a robot?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 9781788400701
  • Number of pages: 176
  • Dimensions: 204 x 132 x 18 mm
  • Weight: 240g

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Do Robots Make Love?
Pretentious, superficial look at the philosophical consequences of transhumanism
Laurent Alexandre is a surgeon and entrepreneur with an interest in the trans humanism. Jean-Michel Besnier is Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne Univ... READ MORE
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