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Desire in the Age of Robots and AI - An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020) Loot Price: R1,829
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Desire in the Age of Robots and AI - An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Rebecca Gibson

Desire in the Age of Robots and AI - An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Rebecca Gibson

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This book examines how science fiction's portrayal of humanity's desire for robotic companions influences and reflects changes in our actual desires. It begins by taking the reader on a journey that outlines basic human desires-in short, we are storytellers, and we need the objects of our desire to be able to mirror that aspect of our beings. This not only explains the reasons we seek out differences in our mates, but also why we crave sex and romance with robots. In creating a new species of potential companions, science fiction highlights what we already want and how our desires dictate-and are in return recreated- by what is written. But sex with robots is more than a sci-fi pop-culture phenomenon; it's a driving force in the latest technological advances in cybernetic science. As such, this book looks at both what we imagine and what we can create in terms of the newest iterations of robotic companionship.

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Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: August 2019
First published: 2020
Authors: Rebecca Gibson
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 141
Edition: 1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13: 978-3-03-024016-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
LSN: 3-03-024016-9
Barcode: 9783030240165

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