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Editorial: Random Usa

Pàgines: 273

Any: 2021

EAN: 9781787332478

16,55 €

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Sobre el libro 12 bytes de Jeanette Winterson publicado por Random Usa al 2021:

An original, and entertaining new book from Jeanette Winterson, drawing on her years of thinking about and reading about Artificial Intelligence in its bewildering manifestations. She looks to history, religion, myth, literature, the politics of race and gender, and of course, computing science, to help us understand the radical changes to the way we live and love that are happening now. When we create non-biological life-forms, will we do so in our image? Or will we accept the once-in-a-species opportunity to remake ourselves in their image? What do love, caring, sex, and attachment look like when humans form connections with non-human helpers teachers, sex-workers, and companions? And what will happen to our deep-rooted assumptions about gender? Will the physical body that is our home soon be enhanced by biological and neural implants, keeping us fitter, younger, and connected? Is it time to join Elon Musk and leave Planet Earth? With wit, compassion and curiosity, Winterson tackles AI´s most interesting talking points, from the algorithms that data-dossier your whole life, to the weirdness of backing up your brain...
Jeanette Winterson

Sobre Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson (Manchester, 1959) és llicenciada en literatura. Ha estat guardonada amb diversos premis com l´IBW (el premi dels llibreters independents dels Estats Units) i el John Llewellyn Rhys. Considerada una de les millors autores angleses del segle XXI, Winterson, que a més és poeta i dramaturga, compagina la literatura amb el periodisme, col·laborant amb diaris com The Guardian, The Times, Daily Mail, The Observer i The New York Times. El 2006 fou nomenada oficial de l’orde de...

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