Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-313) and index.
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Introduction: dreams of techno-heaven, nightmares of techno-hell -- Technology is God: machine transcendence -- Haunted utopias: artificial humans and mad scientists -- Cybernetic slaves: robotics -- Machines out of control: artificial intelligence and androids -- Rampaging cyborgs: bionics -- Infinite cyberspace cages: the internet and virtual reality -- Engineered flesh: biotechnology -- Malevolent molecular machines: nanotechnology -- Technology is a virus: machine plague -- Epilogue: technophobia.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A timely examination of the conflict between the techno-utopia promised by real-world scientists and the techno-dystopia predicted by science fiction.
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