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The computer after me : awareness and self-awareness in autonomic systems editor Jeremy Pitt

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Imperial College Press, c2015.Description: xvi, 313 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781783264179
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004.01
Online resources: Summary: We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic lights; however, we are now seeing computer systems deployed to qualitatively influence human judgments such as rulings on legal disputes or fitness for work to evaluate disability benefits. In keeping with the precautionary principle, it is important that those who are developing this capability — technologists and scientists — think through its potential implications. The aim of this book is to explore the technological and social and implications of computers and robots becoming increasingly 'aware' of their environment and the people in it, and their being increasingly 'self-aware' of their own existence within it.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 004.01 CO MP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0051003

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-308) and index.

We are increasingly seeing computer systems which are expected to function without operator intervention. This is perhaps acceptable for running computer networks or traffic lights; however, we are now seeing computer systems deployed to qualitatively influence human judgments such as rulings on legal disputes or fitness for work to evaluate disability benefits. In keeping with the precautionary principle, it is important that those who are developing this capability — technologists and scientists — think through its potential implications. The aim of this book is to explore the technological and social and implications of computers and robots becoming increasingly 'aware' of their environment and the people in it, and their being increasingly 'self-aware' of their own existence within it.

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