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010			_a 2014016828
020			_a9781250046635 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1250046637 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781466847040 (e-book)
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050	0	0	_aQ335 _b.R688 2014
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100	1		_aRothblatt, Martine Aliana, _d1954-
245	1	0	_aVirtually human : _bthe promise---and the peril---of digital immortality / _cMartine Rothblatt, Ph.D.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2014.
300			_axiv, 350 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-340) and index.
520			_a"Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness--simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology--becomes part of our daily lives. Meet Bina48, the world's most sentient robot, commissioned by Martine Rothblatt and created by Hanson Robotics. Bina48 is a nascent Mindclone of Martine's wife that can engage in conversation, answer questions, and even have spontaneous thoughts that are derived from multimedia data in a Mindfile created by the real Bina. If you're active on Twitter or Facebook, share photos through Instagram, or blogging regularly, you're already on your way to creating a Mindfile--a digital database of your thoughts, memories, feelings, and opinions that is essentially a back-up copy of your mind. Soon, this Mindfile can be made conscious with special software--Mindware--that mimics the way human brains organize information, create emotions and achieve self-awareness. This may sound like science-fiction, but the nascent technology already exists. Thousands of software engineers across the globe are working to create cyberconsciousness based on human consciousness and the Obama administration recently announced plans to invest in a decade-long Brain Activity Map project. Virtually Human is the only book to examine the ethical issues relating to cyberconsciousness and Rothblatt, with a Ph.D. in medical ethics, is uniquely qualified to lead the dialogue"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aArtificial intelligence _xForecasting.
650		0	_aVirtual reality _xForecasting.
650		0	_aCyberspace _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aNeurobiology _xComputer simulation _xForecasting.
650		0	_aThought and thinking. _93383
650		7	_aCOMPUTERS / Intelligence (AI) & Semantics. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects. _2bisacsh
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