Singular creatures: robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
McGill-Queen's University Press
[2022]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Links: | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034112616&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| Abstract: | "Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. These range from tales of golems and Frankenstein's monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator sequence, as well as Her, Black Mirror, Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and many, many other less mainstream cultural artifacts. The source of this anxiety is clear. Non-human conscious entities may turn out to be superior to any biological form of life, allowing a stride across human ambition in a moment dubbed "the Singularity" by AI insiders. This is the turning point when non-human entities advance and reproduce in a manner that surpasses and subjugates biological forms of intelligent life. Although today's artificial intelligences fall notably short of this level of sophistication, Mark Kingwell argues that we are already more than human in important ways, and likely to become more so as time goes on. In Singular Creatures Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Our immersion in technology, now comprehensive to the point of invisibility, has altered forever what it means to be alive. The politics of posthumanism flow directly from our own situation, at once dependent on technology and afraid of its effects on current and future experiences. More than a century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word robot--rooted in the Czech robota, meaning "servitude" or "drudgery"--in his 1920 allegory about the alienation of forced labour leading to a violent workers' revolt, Čapek's central question continues to haunt us still. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a new cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined."-- |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 226 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780228014348 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV048847285 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20230508 | ||
| 007 | t| | ||
| 008 | 230307s2022 xx a||| b||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780228014348 |c hardback |9 978-0-228-01434-8 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1374569851 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV048847285 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 049 | |a DE-12 | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Kingwell, Mark |d 1963- |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)144000202 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Singular creatures |b robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism |c Mark Kingwell |
| 264 | 1 | |a Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago |b McGill-Queen's University Press |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c © 2022 | |
| 300 | |a XIII, 226 Seiten |b Illustrationen, Diagramme |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |b sti |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 8 | |a Past Imperfect/Status Report: Speculative, Intrepid, Ludic -- The Future Is Always Present/Status Report: Conflicted, Attentive, Liminal -- After Work/Status Report: Reflective, Resentful, Resigning -- Future Imperfect/Status Report: Curious, Disillusioned, Incandescent -- Second Valley/Status Report: Tenacious, Wondering, Playful | |
| 520 | 3 | |a "Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. These range from tales of golems and Frankenstein's monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator sequence, as well as Her, Black Mirror, Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and many, many other less mainstream cultural artifacts. The source of this anxiety is clear. Non-human conscious entities may turn out to be superior to any biological form of life, allowing a stride across human ambition in a moment dubbed "the Singularity" by AI insiders. This is the turning point when non-human entities advance and reproduce in a manner that surpasses and subjugates biological forms of intelligent life. Although today's artificial intelligences fall notably short of this level of sophistication, Mark Kingwell argues that we are already more than human in important ways, and likely to become more so as time goes on. In Singular Creatures Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Our immersion in technology, now comprehensive to the point of invisibility, has altered forever what it means to be alive. The politics of posthumanism flow directly from our own situation, at once dependent on technology and afraid of its effects on current and future experiences. More than a century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word robot--rooted in the Czech robota, meaning "servitude" or "drudgery"--in his 1920 allegory about the alienation of forced labour leading to a violent workers' revolt, Čapek's central question continues to haunt us still. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a new cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined."-- | |
| 610 | 2 | 7 | |a Menschmaschine |0 (DE-588)1036155986 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Posthumanismus |0 (DE-588)4801863-6 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Künstliche Intelligenz |0 (DE-588)4033447-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Roboter |0 (DE-588)4050208-9 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
| 653 | 0 | |a Technology / Philosophy | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Human beings / Philosophy | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Posthumanism | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Technologie / Philosophie | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Êtres humains / Philosophie | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Human beings / Philosophy | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Posthumanism | |
| 653 | 0 | |a Technology / Philosophy | |
| 689 | 0 | 0 | |a Menschmaschine |0 (DE-588)1036155986 |D b |
| 689 | 0 | 1 | |a Roboter |0 (DE-588)4050208-9 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 2 | |a Künstliche Intelligenz |0 (DE-588)4033447-8 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | 3 | |a Posthumanismus |0 (DE-588)4801863-6 |D s |
| 689 | 0 | |5 DE-604 | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Erscheint auch als |n Online-Ausgabe |z 978-0-228-01537-6 |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034112616&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034112616 | |
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1819284608032702464 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents Preface vii Past Imperfect З The future Is Always Present 25 After Шогк 61 future Imperfect 105 Second Valley 127 Acknowledyments 151 dotes 155 Biblioyraphy 203 Index 221
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Kingwell, Mark 1963- |
| author_GND | (DE-588)144000202 |
| author_facet | Kingwell, Mark 1963- |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Kingwell, Mark 1963- |
| author_variant | m k mk |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV048847285 |
| contents | Past Imperfect/Status Report: Speculative, Intrepid, Ludic -- The Future Is Always Present/Status Report: Conflicted, Attentive, Liminal -- After Work/Status Report: Reflective, Resentful, Resigning -- Future Imperfect/Status Report: Curious, Disillusioned, Incandescent -- Second Valley/Status Report: Tenacious, Wondering, Playful |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1374569851 (DE-599)BVBBV048847285 |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04356nam a2200529 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV048847285</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20230508 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t|</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">230307s2022 xx a||| b||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780228014348</subfield><subfield code="c">hardback</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-228-01434-8</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1374569851</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV048847285</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-12</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kingwell, Mark</subfield><subfield code="d">1963-</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)144000202</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Singular creatures</subfield><subfield code="b">robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism</subfield><subfield code="c">Mark Kingwell</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago</subfield><subfield code="b">McGill-Queen's University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2022]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">© 2022</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XIII, 226 Seiten</subfield><subfield code="b">Illustrationen, Diagramme</subfield><subfield code="c">24 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">sti</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Past Imperfect/Status Report: Speculative, Intrepid, Ludic -- The Future Is Always Present/Status Report: Conflicted, Attentive, Liminal -- After Work/Status Report: Reflective, Resentful, Resigning -- Future Imperfect/Status Report: Curious, Disillusioned, Incandescent -- Second Valley/Status Report: Tenacious, Wondering, Playful</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1="3" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. These range from tales of golems and Frankenstein's monster to the evil overlord scenarios of contemporary film and television franchises: Star Trek, the Alien series, and the Terminator sequence, as well as Her, Black Mirror, Blade Runner, Ex Machina, and many, many other less mainstream cultural artifacts. The source of this anxiety is clear. Non-human conscious entities may turn out to be superior to any biological form of life, allowing a stride across human ambition in a moment dubbed "the Singularity" by AI insiders. This is the turning point when non-human entities advance and reproduce in a manner that surpasses and subjugates biological forms of intelligent life. Although today's artificial intelligences fall notably short of this level of sophistication, Mark Kingwell argues that we are already more than human in important ways, and likely to become more so as time goes on. In Singular Creatures Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Our immersion in technology, now comprehensive to the point of invisibility, has altered forever what it means to be alive. The politics of posthumanism flow directly from our own situation, at once dependent on technology and afraid of its effects on current and future experiences. More than a century after playwright Karel Čapek coined the word robot--rooted in the Czech robota, meaning "servitude" or "drudgery"--in his 1920 allegory about the alienation of forced labour leading to a violent workers' revolt, Čapek's central question continues to haunt us still. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a new cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined."--</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="610" ind1="2" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Menschmaschine</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1036155986</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Posthumanismus</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4801863-6</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Künstliche Intelligenz</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4033447-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Roboter</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4050208-9</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Technology / Philosophy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Human beings / Philosophy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Posthumanism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Technologie / Philosophie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Êtres humains / Philosophie</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Human beings / Philosophy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Posthumanism</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="653" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Technology / Philosophy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Menschmaschine</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1036155986</subfield><subfield code="D">b</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Roboter</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4050208-9</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Künstliche Intelligenz</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4033447-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Posthumanismus</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4801863-6</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Erscheint auch als</subfield><subfield code="n">Online-Ausgabe</subfield><subfield code="z">978-0-228-01537-6</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034112616&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034112616</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV048847285 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-12-20T19:53:38Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780228014348 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034112616 |
| oclc_num | 1374569851 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-12 |
| owner_facet | DE-12 |
| physical | XIII, 226 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24 cm |
| publishDate | 2022 |
| publishDateSearch | 2022 |
| publishDateSort | 2022 |
| publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spellingShingle | Kingwell, Mark 1963- Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism Past Imperfect/Status Report: Speculative, Intrepid, Ludic -- The Future Is Always Present/Status Report: Conflicted, Attentive, Liminal -- After Work/Status Report: Reflective, Resentful, Resigning -- Future Imperfect/Status Report: Curious, Disillusioned, Incandescent -- Second Valley/Status Report: Tenacious, Wondering, Playful Menschmaschine (DE-588)1036155986 gnd Posthumanismus (DE-588)4801863-6 gnd Künstliche Intelligenz (DE-588)4033447-8 gnd Roboter (DE-588)4050208-9 gnd |
| subject_GND | (DE-588)1036155986 (DE-588)4801863-6 (DE-588)4033447-8 (DE-588)4050208-9 |
| title | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism |
| title_auth | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism |
| title_exact_search | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism |
| title_full | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism Mark Kingwell |
| title_fullStr | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism Mark Kingwell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Singular creatures robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism Mark Kingwell |
| title_short | Singular creatures |
| title_sort | singular creatures robots rights and the politics of posthumanism |
| title_sub | robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism |
| topic | Menschmaschine (DE-588)1036155986 gnd Posthumanismus (DE-588)4801863-6 gnd Künstliche Intelligenz (DE-588)4033447-8 gnd Roboter (DE-588)4050208-9 gnd |
| topic_facet | Menschmaschine Posthumanismus Künstliche Intelligenz Roboter |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=034112616&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kingwellmark singularcreaturesrobotsrightsandthepoliticsofposthumanism |