Thinking Machines: Discourses of Artificial IntelligenceThis book explores historical traces of human life within the discourse of artifical intelligence. It addresses a matrix of themes about technology and change, ranging from the realm of the inanimate to the animate. It traces the ways in which the human spirit looks beyond its limitations and ponders the potentia of 'being human.' |
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