Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs

ISBN-10: 1437973205
ISBN-13: 9781437973204
Series: Beyond Human
Pages: 272
Language: English
Published: 2011-01
Author: Gregory Benford

Description

Concepts once purely fiction -- robots, cyborg parts, artificial intelligence -- are becoming part of everyday reality. Soon robots will be everywhere, performing surgery, exploring hazardous places, making rescues, fighting fires, and handling heavy goods. Cyborgs -- rebuilt joints, elbows, and hearts -- are mostly interior now. Soon they will be for anyone who wants to make a body perform better and last longer than it ordinarily could. This book treats human self-change and robotic development as poles of the same general phenomenon. The authors are not afraid to speculate or to focus closely on surprising things already possible and being done. żWill readjust your thinking on changes that are speeding toward you now. It is full of wit and surprising insights.ż