TY - BOOK ID - 137923388 TI - Singular creatures : robots, rights, and the politics of posthumanism PY - 2022 SN - 9780228015383 0228015375 0228015383 9780228015376 9780228014348 0228014344 PB - Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queens University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Artificial intelligence. KW - Human beings KW - Technology KW - Philosophy. KW - AI. KW - Alien. KW - Alienation. KW - Allegory. KW - Anxiety. KW - Artifacts. KW - Artificial Intelligence. KW - Biological. KW - Black Mirror. KW - Blade Runner. KW - Entities. KW - Ex Machina. KW - Fear. KW - Frankenstein. KW - Her. KW - Intelligent. KW - Karel Capek. KW - Life. KW - Lifeform. KW - Monster. KW - Overlord. KW - Political. KW - Posthuman. KW - RUR. KW - Robot. KW - Rossums Universal. KW - Singularity. KW - Star. KW - Subjugates. KW - Superior. KW - Technology. KW - Terminator. KW - Trek. KW - Worker. KW - consciousness. KW - consumption. KW - cultural. KW - cyberflesh. KW - dreams. KW - forced labour. KW - golem. KW - happiness. KW - hopes. KW - humans. KW - machines. KW - non-human. KW - production. KW - purpose. KW - real. KW - revolt. KW - sentient. KW - speculative. KW - violence. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137923388 AB - In Singular Creatures Mark Kingwell plumbs the depths of cultural and political meaning in the apparent transition to posthuman life. Can humans and their own creations co-exist in a cyberflesh world, or is a struggle for superiority inevitable? Singular Creatures is an attempt at sketching the field before any deadly battle is joined. ER -