| Description |
ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Escape Velocity -- 2. Caution! Robot Vehicle! -- 3. Power and Presence -- 4. Universal Robots -- 5. The Age of Robots -- 6. The Age of Mind -- 7. Mind Fire |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Automation.
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Machine theory.
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Robotics.
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| LC no. |
97047328 |
| ISBN |
0195116305 (cased) |
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0195136306 (paperback) |
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