Georges, T. M. 1938-

Digital soul : intelligent machines and human values / Thomas M. Georges. - Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2003. - x, 285 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Artificial intelligence--that's the fake kind, right? -- What makes computers so smart? -- What do you mean, smarter than us? -- Machines who think -- Let the android do it -- What is intelligence? -- What is consciousness? -- Can computers have emotions? -- Can your PC become neurotic? -- Moral mind -- Moral problems with intelligent artifacts -- Moral machine -- Global network to global mind -- Will machines take over? -- Why not just pull the plug? -- Cultures in collision -- Beyond human dignity -- Extinction or immortality? -- Enemy within -- Electronic democracy -- Rethinking the covenant between science and society -- What about God?

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Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Moral and ethical aspects.
Kunstmatige intelligentie.
Ethische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.

Q335 / .G437 2003