The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots

For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration...
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Author: Kate Darling
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The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots by Darling, Kate

The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots

€26,88

The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots

€26,88
Author: Kate Darling
Format: Paperback
Language: English

For readers of The Second Machine Age or The Soul of an Octopus, a bold, exciting exploration of how building diverse kinds of relationships with robots--inspired by how we interact with animals--could be the key to making our future with robot technology work

There has been a lot of ink devoted to discussions of how robots will replace us and take our jobs. But MIT Media Lab researcher and technology policy expert Kate Darling argues just the opposite, suggesting that treating robots with a bit of humanity, more like the way we treat animals, will actually serve us better. From a social, legal, and ethical perspective, she shows that our current ways of thinking don't leave room for the robot technology that is soon to become part of our everyday routines. Robots are likely to supplement--rather than replace--our own skills and relationships. So if we consider our history of incorporating animals into our work, transportation, military, and even families, we actually have a solid basis for how to contend with this future.

A deeply original analysis of our technological future and the ethical dilemmas that await us, The New Breed explains how the treatment of machines can reveal a new understanding of our own history, our own systems, and how we relate--not just to nonhumans, but also to one another.

Author: Kate Darling
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 04/12/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250838421


Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2022

About the Author
Dr. Kate Darling is a leading expert in robot ethics and policy. She's a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, a former fellow at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and the Yale Information Society Project. Darling's work has been featured by the New Yorker, the Guardian, PBS, the Boston Globe, Wired, Slate, NPR, and more.

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