Millions of books in English, Spanish and other languages. Free UK delivery 

menu

0
  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • españa
  • méxico
  • perú
  • estados unidos
  • internacional
portada Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (The mit Press)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
384
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9780262043939

Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (The mit Press)

Edward Ashford Lee (Author) · The Mit Press · Hardcover

Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (The mit Press) - Edward Ashford Lee

New Book

£ 27.35

  • Condition: New
Origin: U.S.A. (Import costs included in the price)
It will be shipped from our warehouse between Thursday, July 04 and Thursday, July 11.
You will receive it anywhere in United Kingdom between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.

Synopsis "Coevolution: The Entwined Futures of Humans and Machines (The mit Press)"

Should digital technology be viewed as a new life form, sharing our ecosystem and coevolving with us?Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In this book, Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design. Richard Dawkins famously said that a chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. Is a human a computer's way of making another computer? To understand this question requires a deep dive into how evolution works, how humans are different from computers, and how the way technology develops resembles the emergence of a new life form on our planet.Lee presents the case for considering digital beings to be living, then offers counterarguments. What we humans do with our minds is more than computation, and what digital systems do—be teleported at the speed of light, backed up, and restored—may never be possible for humans. To believe that we are simply computations, he argues, is a “dataist” faith and scientifically indefensible. Digital beings depend on humans—and humans depend on digital beings. More likely than a planetary wipe-out of humanity is an ongoing, symbiotic coevolution of culture and technology.

Customers reviews

More customer reviews
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

All books in our catalog are Original.
The book is written in English.
The binding of this edition is Hardcover.

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews