Inhaltsangabe: Gods and robots :

Parallelsachtitel:	Myths, machines, and ancient dreams of technology
1. Verfasser:	Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018].
Umfang/Format:	xvi, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Schlagworte:	Artificial intelligence > History. Artificial intelligence > Social aspects. Inventions > History. Robotics > History. Robots > Mythology. Science and civilization. Science, Ancient. Technology and civilization. Technology > History. Technology > Religious aspects. Technology > Greece > History. Technology > Rome > History. Artificial intelligence. Inventions. Robotics. Technology. Greece. Imperium Romanum Nonfiction. History.
iDAI.gazetteer:	Imperium Romanum
Inhalte/Bestandteile:	1 Datensätze

Inhaltsangabe:

Introduction: made, not born
The robot and the witch: Talos and Medea
Medea's cauldron of rejuvenation
The quest for immortality and eternal youth
Beyond nature: enhanced powers borrowed from gods and animals
Daedalus and the living statues
Pygmalion's living doll and Prometheus's first humans
Hephaestus: divine devices and automata
Pandora: beautiful, artificial, evil
Between myth and history: real automata and lifelike artifices in the ancient world
Epilogue. Awe, dread, hope: deep learning and ancient stories.