Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-256

  Geraci, Robert ^a  

^a MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocalypticism; Artificial intelligence; Kurzweil; Online gaming; Religion; Robot; Science; Second Life; Technology; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349244495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195393026.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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