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Robot Suicide
Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction|
44,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.05.2023 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781666910490 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 118 |
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<p><span>In </span><span>Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction</span><span>, 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 </span><span>The Terminator</span><span> franchise to recent hits like C. Robert Cargill’s novel </span><span>Sea of Rust</span><span>.</span></p>
<p><span>In </span><span>Robot Suicide: Death, Identity, and AI in Science Fiction</span><span>, 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.</span></p>
<p><span>Introduction: When Robots Choose to Die</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1 – Morbid Machines: Interiority and Mental Health</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2 – Automated Altruism: Self-Sacrifice and US War Culture</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3 – The Human Touch: Eugenics and Assisted Suicide</span></p>
<p><span>Conclusion: Programming Life and Death</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 1 – Morbid Machines: Interiority and Mental Health</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 2 – Automated Altruism: Self-Sacrifice and US War Culture</span></p>
<p><span>Chapter 3 – The Human Touch: Eugenics and Assisted Suicide</span></p>
<p><span>Conclusion: Programming Life and Death</span></p>
<p><span>Liz W. Faber</span><span> is assistant professor of English and communication at Dean College and adjunct instructor of scientific and academic writing at University of Maryland Baltimore’s Graduate School.</span></p>
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