Joseph R. Carvalko Jr.

Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 401
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030264079
• Artikelnr.: 58437251

Autorenporträt

Joseph R. Carvalko Jr. is an American technologist, academic, patent lawyer, and writer. As an inventor and engineer, he has been awarded sixteen U.S. patents in various fields. He has authored academic books, articles, and fiction throughout his career. Currently he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University, School of Law, teaching Law, Science and Technology; Chairman, Technology and Ethics Working Research Group, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University; member, IEEE, Society on Social Implications of Technology; summer faculty member, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I: Terminology of Posthuman Forms.- 2. A Map of Possible Futures and What Forms They Take.- 3. Creativity: What do we mean?.- PART II: The Case for a Posthuman Future.- 4. Technology: Opportunities and Challenges.- 5. Inventing our way into the Future.- 6. Machines, Processes and Models.- 7. Embedded and Converging Technologies.- Part III: Creativity and Cognition.- 8. Evaluating Intelligence.- 9. Creativity Theories.- 10. Artifical Intelligence.- Part IV: The Ethical Questions: Who Speaks for New Forms of Life?.- 11. Creativity Instantiated - Who Owns What?.- 12. Conclusion.