Humans and Automata - A Social Study of Robotics

The book takes a close look at the social dimensions of robotics. It examines some of the projects on which robotic engineers are presently working, explores the dreams and hopes connected with these undertakings and determines if there is a relation between automation and unemployment within the socio-economic system. Furthermore, it explores the possible futures generated by the development of artificial intelligence and outlines the core ideas of roboethics. Last but not least, it examines the systems of military robots, with special emphasis on the ethical issues raised by the design, construction and utilization of these systems of weaponry.

Sommario

Contents: Roboethics - Technological unemployment - Unmanned systems - Industrial robots - Military robots - Domestic robots - Sex robots - Universal robots - Futurology - Scenario analysis - Sociology of technology.

Info autore

Riccardo Campa is Professor Extraordinarius of Sociology of Science and Technology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and Fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Riccardo Campa
• Con la collaborazione di: Stefan Lorenz Sorgner (Editore)
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9783631666289
• ISBN: 978-3-631-66628-9
• Pagine: 165
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 16 mm x 210 mm
• Peso: 320 g
• Serie: Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus; Beyond Humanism: Trans- and Posthumanism / Jenseits des Humanismus: Trans- und Posthumanismus
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie