Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds by David McFarland (Repost)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1St Edition (March 20, 2008) | ISBN: 019921929X | Pages: 256 | PDF | 1.32 MB
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1St Edition (March 20, 2008) | ISBN: 019921929X | Pages: 256 | PDF | 1.32 MB
When we interact with animals, we intuitively read thoughts and feelings into their expressions and actions. It is easy–often irresistible–to suppose that they have minds like ours. And as technology grows more sophisticated, we might soon find ourselves interpreting the behavior even of robots in human terms.