Deep utopia : life and meaning in a solved world

By:

Bostrom, Nick

9781646871766

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DDC classification:

006.3 BOS-D

Contents:

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Summary: If the AI transition goes well, human labour becomes obsolete. Furthermore, at technological maturity, human nature becomes entirely malleable. We will thus enter a condition of 'post-instrumentality', in which our efforts are not needed for any practical purpose. In such a solved world, what is the point of human existence? What gives meaning to life? What do we do all day? Deep Utopia shines a new light on these old questions, giving us glimpses of a different kind of existence, which might be ours in the future. -- Dust jacket. If the AI transition goes well, human labour becomes obsolete. Furthermore, at technological maturity, human nature becomes entirely malleable. We will thus enter a condition of "post- instrumentality," in which our efforts are not needed for any practical purpose. In such a solved world, what is the point of human existence? What gives meaning to life? What do we do all day? Deep Utopia shines new light on these old questions, giving us glimpses of a different kind of existence, which might be ours in the future--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Computer Science and Engineering	006.3 BOS-D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013481

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Monday

2. Tuesday

3. Wednesday

4. Thursday

5. Friday

6. Saturday

If the AI transition goes well, human labour becomes obsolete. Furthermore, at technological maturity, human nature becomes entirely malleable. We will thus enter a condition of 'post-instrumentality', in which our efforts are not needed for any practical purpose. In such a solved world, what is the point of human existence? What gives meaning to life? What do we do all day? Deep Utopia shines a new light on these old questions, giving us glimpses of a different kind of existence, which might be ours in the future. -- Dust jacket. If the AI transition goes well, human labour becomes obsolete. Furthermore, at technological maturity, human nature becomes entirely malleable. We will thus enter a condition of "post- instrumentality," in which our efforts are not needed for any practical purpose. In such a solved world, what is the point of human existence? What gives meaning to life? What do we do all day? Deep Utopia shines new light on these old questions, giving us glimpses of a different kind of existence, which might be ours in the future--

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