{"product_id":"post-human-futures-human-enhancement-artificial-intelligence-and-social-theory-paperback","title":"Post-Human Futures: Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Carrigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDouglas V. Porpora\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question assumptions about human beings and their place within the world, and computational innovations of machine learning leading some to claim we are coming ever closer to the long-sought artificial general intelligence, it defends humanity with the argument that technological 'advances' introduced artificially into some humans do not annul their fundamental human qualities. Against the challenge presented by the possibility that advanced artificial intelligence will be fully capable of original thinking, creative self-development and moral judgement and therefore have claims to legal rights, the authors advance a form of 'essentialism' that justifies providing a 'decent minimum life' for all persons. As such, while the future of the human is in question, the authors show how dispensing with either the category itself or the underlying reality is a less plausible solution than is often assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Carrigan\u003c\/strong\u003e is Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas V. Porpora\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Communication at Drexel University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47444316029106,"sku":"9780367761431","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/02947bb9847099740c088156473344b1.webp?v=1778703239","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/post-human-futures-human-enhancement-artificial-intelligence-and-social-theory-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}