Beyond Human : Living with Robots and Cyborgs

by Malartre, Elisabeth; Benford, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780765310828
• ISBN10: 0765310821
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-18
• Publisher: Forge Books

Summary

Can we go too far in making ourselves machinelike or making machines resemble us? And once made, what will such creatures think about us? These questions will arise in myriad ways in the next few decades, as once purely fictional concepts-robots, cyborg parts, and the many variations in between-become part of reality, and we press against boundaries that until recently existed only in works of the imagination. Written in a lively and provocative style, this book is about the accumulation of small scientific advances that add up to something large and challenging. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Gregory Benford teaches at the University of California and lives in Irvine, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Man Plus: Augmentation: From an Old Tradition to Our Brave New Bionic World	p. 13
You, Too, Can Be Superhuman	p. 23
The Augmented Animal	p. 39
Chips, Brains, and Minds	p. 73
Man Plus & Plus & Plus &...	p. 101
Robots Plus: Anthrobots-Machines R Us	p. 129
Robots to Order	p. 133
Robowar	p. 149
The Rights and Wrongs of Robots	p. 161
Us and Them	p. 179
'Bots, 'Borgs, Bionics, and Betters: Reservations Recommended	p. 195
Wearable Computers: Blending Man and Machine	p. 197
Metaman	p. 221
The Long Perspective	p. 239
References	p. 257
Acknowledgments	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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