Heart of the Machine
Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence
Number of pages: 328
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
BBB Library: Technology and Globalization
ISBN: 978-1628727333
Editorial Review
Instilling emotions into computers is the next leap in our centuries-old obsession with creating machines that replicate humans. But for every benefit this progress may bring to our lives, there is a possible pitfall. Emotion recognition could lead to advanced surveillance, and the same technology that can manipulate our feelings could become a method of mass control. And, as shown in movies like Her and Ex Machina, our society already holds a deep-seated anxiety about what might happen if machines could actually feel and break free from our control. Heart of the Machine is an exploration of the new and inevitable ways in which mankind and technology will interact.
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