From Golem To Cyborg: On the Cultural Evolution of Concept of Robots
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | During the 20th century, the concept of the machine in science and society changed almost completely. This contribution sketches, starting from the time of myths, two important ways - the way of traditional culture (mainly the literature and theatre), and the ways of science and technology - of this change initiated by highly influential personalities of the 20th century - by the (play)writer Karel Capek, by mathematicians Alan M.Turing and John von Neumann, and by some others. |