How we became posthuman virtual bodies in cybernetics, literature, and informatics
In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the ""bodies"" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans ""beamed&...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, Ill. :
University of Chicago Press
1999.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623521806719 |
| Sumario: | In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the ""bodies"" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans ""beamed"" Star Trek-style, others view them with horror, seeing monsters brooding in the machines. In How We Became Posthuman, N. Katherine Hayles separates hype from fact, investigating the fate of embodiment in an information age.Hayles relates three interwoven stories: how information lost its body, that is |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282538764 9780226321394 |
