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EAN : 9782348061479
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DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
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Collection : Armillaire
Release date : 07/05/2020

Since the 1980's, the progress of research on artificial life and intelligence has given rise to spectacular advances in the making of artefacts inspired from living organisms. Thanks to genetics and neuroscience, researchers are annoucing the possibility of « improving » Human Nature. In this essay Miguel Benassayag postulates a...

Since the 1980's, the progress of research on artificial life and intelligence has given rise to spectacular advances in the making of artefacts inspired from living organisms. Thanks to genetics and neuroscience, researchers are annoucing the possibility of « improving » Human Nature. In this essay Miguel Benassayag postulates a new epistemology of the complex links between technique and life. He puts forward ground-breaking hypothesis on the « biological invariants » that constructivism remains blind to. In these times of dangerous virtualisation of life, he explores new ways of action.

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EAN : 9782348061479
Shaping : EPUB3
DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
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