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5Crossing the Uncanny ValleyIn James South & Kimberly Engels (eds.), Westworld and Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2018.Looking at the often remorseless, inhumane manner in which both the creators and guests approach the robotic hosts, this chapter argues that the integral concept of “humanity” is challenged and transformed in a discussion of Westworld. While the hosts of Westworld are, indeed, robotic, lacking human biological construction, they are made to look increasingly human. In Westworld, evidence of the uncanny valley is seen in the way in which the robot hosts evolve. Taking into consideration the inher…Read more
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Nietzsche's dawn of dissent : Morgenröte and the modernist impulseIn Brian Pines & Douglas Burnham (eds.), Understanding Nietzsche, Understanding Modernism, Bloomsbury Academic. 2018.
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2Death and the Machine: Intersections of Mortality and RoboticsSpringer Singapore. 2018.This books challenges conventional notions of biological life and death in the area of robotics, discussing issues such as machine consciousness, autonomous AI, and representations of robots in popular culture. Using philosophical approaches alongside scientific theory, this book offers a compelling critique on the changing nature of both humanity and biological death in an increasingly technological world.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia