Intervolution by Mark C Taylor
Mark C. Taylor explores how technological change is weaving together smart things and smart bodies to create new forms of life. He reveals that we are already cyborgs, integral cogs in what will become a superorganism of bodies and things.
Intervolution is at once informative and thought-provoking—a fascinating exploration of the ever-narrowing gap between men and machinesMark C. Taylor uses his own experience of chronic illness to probe some of the central questions of our time. -- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Imagine your body. Imagine in it an artificial pancreas, and in the pancreas, an artificial brain. Now imagine that brain networked to—and learning from—thousands of matching pancreas-brains. What you are now imagining Mark C. Taylor has experienced and turns here into an absolutely riveting introduction into how artificial intelligence will transform us from the inside out. -- Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Stimulated by his experience with the insulin pump, Taylor elegantly explores the potential of high-speed networked computers, mobile devices, miniature sensors, big data, and artificial intelligence to create breakthroughs for the human condition. Machines will enable humans to transcend our biologic roots. This is an intellectually provocative glimpse at the future of human health. -- Toby Cosgrove, CEO Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic
Contributes importantly to the discourse on the intersection of biology and technology...Highly recommended. * Choice *
Imagine your body. Imagine in it an artificial pancreas, and in the pancreas, an artificial brain. Now imagine that brain networked to—and learning from—thousands of matching pancreas-brains. What you are now imagining Mark C. Taylor has experienced and turns here into an absolutely riveting introduction into how artificial intelligence will transform us from the inside out. -- Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Stimulated by his experience with the insulin pump, Taylor elegantly explores the potential of high-speed networked computers, mobile devices, miniature sensors, big data, and artificial intelligence to create breakthroughs for the human condition. Machines will enable humans to transcend our biologic roots. This is an intellectually provocative glimpse at the future of human health. -- Toby Cosgrove, CEO Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic
Contributes importantly to the discourse on the intersection of biology and technology...Highly recommended. * Choice *
Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion at Columbia University. He is an artist and also the author of more than thirty books, including, most recently, Last Works: Lessons in Leaving (2018), Abiding Grace: Time: Modernity, Death (2018), and Seeing Silence (2020).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231198219 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231198213 |
| Title | Intervolution |
| Author | Mark C Taylor |
| Series | No Limits |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2020-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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