Liz W. Faber

Robot Suicide (eBook, PDF)

Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction, Liz W Faber blends cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, and medical sciences to show how fictional robots hold up a mirror to our cultural perceptions about suicide and can help us rethink real-world policies regarding mental health. For decades, we've been asking whether we could make a robot live; but a new question is whether a living robot could make itself die. And if it could, how might we humans react? Suicide is a longstanding taboo in Western culture, particularly in relationship to mental health, marginalized identities, and individual choice. But science fiction offers us space to tackle the taboo by exploring whether and under what circumstances robots-as metaphorical stand-ins for humans-might choose to die. Faber looks at a broad range of science fiction, from classics like The Terminator franchise to recent hits like C. Robert Cargill's novel Sea of Rust.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978772731
• Artikelnr.: 74399067

Autorenporträt

E. Michael (Mike) Poe has been an administrator for forty years in a variety of settings including middle school, high school, and university levels. He has been involved with numerous school construction projects including new buildings, remodels, and additions. Poe is currently professor emeritus in educational leadership at Northwest Nazarene University (Idaho).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: When Robots Choose to Die Chapter 1
Morbid Machines: Interiority and Mental Health Chapter 2
Automated Altruism: Self
Sacrifice and US War Culture Chapter 3
The Human Touch: Eugenics and Assisted Suicide Conclusion: Programming Life and Death