How artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the future of love and desire: a philosophical thriller and essays.

A chance encounter between two women and a road trip into the future: It''s Christmas Eve, and Scarlett, banker-turned-technologist, is leaving a secret underground lab to catch the last flight that will get her home in time to open presents with her three-year-old sonShe offers a lift to a young woman in distress, who shares her intimate life story as they drive to the airport. These revelations will have devastating consequences for both of them.
 
The Love Makers is a philosophical thriller about female friendship, class, motherhood, women, and work--and how artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the future of love and desire

Aifric Campbell combines her novel with essays from leading scientists and commentators who examine what''s at stake in our human-machine relationships. What is our future as friends, parents, lovers? Will advances in intelligent machines reverse decades of progress for women? From robot nannies to generative art and our ancient dreams of intelligent machines, The Love Makers blends storytelling with science communication to investigate the challenges and opportunities of emergent technologies and how we want to live.
 
Contributors

Ronny Bogani, Joanna JBryson, Julie Carpenter, Stephen Cave, Anita Chandran, Peter R. N. Childs, Kate Devlin, Kanta Dihal, Mary Flanagan, Margaret Rhee, Amanda Sharkey, Roberto Trotta, E. R. Truitt, and Richard Watson


Format Inbunden Omfång 192 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Goldsmiths, Unversity of London Utgivningsdatum 2021-11-18 ISBN 9781912685844