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Peer-reviewed cyborg sources...?
I'm doing a speech about cyborgs, and I'd like some respectable sources of speculation/information about the topic. Are there any good places to find such resources?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I'm reading a very good book right now by Dr. David Levy, titled "Love & Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships". It came out in 2007. The book is an expansion of Dr. Levy's Ph.D dissertation, which, of course, is the highest level of peer-review a work can undergo.
Levi predicts that in 50 years intimate relationships with robots will be commonplace, and builds a very convincing argument as to how. His arguments flow as much from the cultural history of love and sex as from a discussion of technological possibilities in the future.
Levy hasn't convinced everyone, though. Daryl Evans (2010) in a chapter titled, "Wanting the impossible: The dilemma at the heart of intimate human-robot relationships", raises some compelling (but not necessarily fatal) counter-arguments, some of thich are technical in nature, and others which are moral/philosophical.
Both of these books are reputable, scholarly, and peer-reviewed.
Source(s): Levy, David (2007), "Love & Sex With Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships", Harper Collins Evans, Daryl (2010), "Wanting the impossible: The dilemma at the heart of intimate human-robot relationships", in "Close engagements with artificial companions: key social, psychological, ethical, and design issues," Yorick Wilks, ed. John Benjamins Press: Philadelphia. Availabe as pdf here: www.dylan.org.uk/wanting_the_impossible.pdf
