Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

by Robert M. Geraci

Book Overview

Apocalyptic AI, the hope that we might one day upload our minds into machines or cyberspace and live forever, is a surprisingly wide-spread and influential idea, affecting everything from the world view of online gamers to government research funding and philosophical thought. In Apocalyptic AI, Robert Geraci offers the first serious account of this "cyber-theology" and the people who promote it.

Drawing on interviews with roboticists and AI...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199964009
• ISBN13: 9780199964000
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"