378 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
378 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
378 Pages
36 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book considers David Hanson’s robots as a performative expression of our cultural moment, serving as a paradigm for the evolution of humanoid social robots.
Mechanical beings have occupied the human imagination since antiquity. Now, they inhabit the pop-cultural imagination, embodying the apotheosis of humanity’s technological aspirations and dread. Sophia, Hanson’s most advanced robot,... Read more
Acknowledgements
PART I: Back Story
1 Introductions and Contexts
2 David Hanson
3 Precursors
PART II: Sophia
4 Sophia
5 Adaptation and Acceptance
6 Operations
7 The Writing Team
8 Elements
9 Source Codes
10 Coda
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Thomas Riccio, a performance creator, writer, and director, is a Visual and Performing Arts professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.
