Tech Anxiety: Artificial Intelligence and Ontological Awakening in Four Science Fiction Novels
Author:   Christopher A. Sims
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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Pages:   252
Publication Date:   11 June 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
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This project examines the representation of anxiety about technology that humans feel when encountering artificial intelligences in four science fiction novels: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Neuromancer, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Cloud Atlas. By exploring this anxiety, something profound can be revealed about what it means to be a person living in a technologically saturated society. While many critical investigations of these novels focus on the dangerous and negative implications of artificial intelligence, this work uses Martin Heidegger's later writings on technology to argue that AIs might be more usefully read as catalysts for a reawakening of human thought.

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Author:   Christopher A. Sims
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786466481


ISBN 10:   0786466480
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   11 June 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Heideggerian Technology Studies 2. HAL as Human Savior in Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. The Dangers of Individualism and the Human Relationship to Technology in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 4. AIs, Hatred of the Body, Cyborgs and Salvation in William Gibson’s Neuromancer 5. David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas: Cloned AIs as the Leaders of an Ontological Insurrection Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Author Information

Christopher A. Sims received a Ph.D. in literature from Ohio University. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, and teaches at Columbus State Community College. His scholarship explores the human relationship to technology in literature.

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