SecondDeath - Experiences of Death Across Technologies. DE

This book seeks to explore the uncharted territory of the intersection between death and technology, particularly within the realms of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and rigorous philosophical inquiry, it discusses a wide range of challenges and realities stemming from the new context of death, i.e. in the age of technology, providing answers and perspectives regarding autonomy, morality, and the nature of existence. 
 
 

List of contents

50 Ways to Kill a Robot: Death and Differentiation.- Do Digital Immortals Dream of Offline Afterlives.- Bioinspired Mechanisms for AI Resilience and Renewal.

Summary

This book seeks to explore the uncharted territory of the intersection between death and technology, particularly within the realms of robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and rigorous philosophical inquiry, it discusses a wide range of challenges and realities stemming from the new context of death, i.e. in the age of technology, providing answers and perspectives regarding autonomy, morality, and the nature of existence. 
 
 

Product details

• Assisted by: Vicent Costa (Editor), Alger Sans Pinillos (Editor), Jordi Vallverdú (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.12.2025
• EAN: 9783031988073
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3198807-3
• No. of pages: 295
• Illustrations: V, 295 p.
• Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; Kognitive Psychologie, Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, cognitive psychology, Control, Robotics, Automation, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Ethics of Technology, Generative AI, Roboethics, Ethics of AI, AI chatbots and Digital Addiction, Moral Patients vs Moral Agents, Bioinspired AI Resilience, Synthetic Death, Humanization of Technologies, Virtual vs In-person Communication, Overcomputationalization, Robot Death, Philosophy of Death, AI Technologies for Military Applications, AI Value Alignment