Is the universe simply one big machine, made up of countless smaller machines (human beings, for example)? Or is there something more to living creatures, some vital, directive force? In The Vital Machine , David Channell explores the history of our relationship with technology, arguing for a framework for dealing with the tension between the mechanical and organic world views. Our fears of such things as genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, he suggests, lie in this outmoded distinction between organic life and ...
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Is the universe simply one big machine, made up of countless smaller machines (human beings, for example)? Or is there something more to living creatures, some vital, directive force? In The Vital Machine , David Channell explores the history of our relationship with technology, arguing for a framework for dealing with the tension between the mechanical and organic world views. Our fears of such things as genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, he suggests, lie in this outmoded distinction between organic life and machines. He presents these polar views in a fascinating chronicle of human thought and achievement, from Galileo to Descartes to Marx to Einstein. He then sketches the emerging third, all-embracing philosophy, born of genetics, quantum mechanics, and artificial intelligence.
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