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Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind

by Hans Moravec (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 36 ratings
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  1. ISBN-10
    0195136306
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0195136302
  3. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  4. Publication date
    May 18, 2000
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  7. Print length
    240 pages
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"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"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 medical robot 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"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 of sociobiology, 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"Moravec's vision, a bewildering but amazingly interconnected set of ideas, is enthusiastically presented and reasonably argued, and will captivate futurists."--Gilbert Taylor,Booklist"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"A well-written and fascinating study of robot/human relations."--Science and Technology

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Robotics expert Hans Moravec paints a mind-bending look at the future, when robots will rule the world

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (May 18, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195136306
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195136302
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 36 ratings

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