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 Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195136306
Release Date: Jan 2, 2000
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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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Robotics researcher Moravec makes startling predictions about robots and artificial intelligence in this book, arguing that by the year 2050 human intelligence will have been exceeded by that of machines. But instead of offering a cautionary tale, he invites readers to embrace what he calls our evolutionary heirs
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The most awesome work of controlled imagination I have ever encountered: Hans Moravec stretched my mind until it hit the stops. —Arthur C. Clarke
Blends hard scientific practicality with a prophet's far-seeing vision. His tomorrow is both disturbing and ultimately thrilling. A world where machines are given souls by their creations, and help us achieve unimaginable heights. —David Brin
| |  | | | Preface1 Escape Velocity2 Caution! Robot Vehicle!3 Power and Presence4 Universal Robots5 The Age of Robots6 The Age of Mind7 Mind FireNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Computers, Science/Mathematics, Technology & Industrial Arts, Technology, Robotics, Social Aspects, Artificial Intelligence - General, Future Studies, Social Science, Robotics
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