This project examines the representation of anxiety about technology that humans feel when encountering artificial intelligences in four science fiction novels: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?; Neuromancer; 2001: A Space Odyssey; and Cloud Atlas. By exploring this anxiety; something profound can be revealed about what it means to be a person living in a technologically saturated society. While many critical investigations of these novels focus on the dangerous and negative implications of artificial intelligence; this work uses Martin Heideggerrsquo;s later writings on technology to argue that AIs might be more usefully read as catalysts for a reawakening of human thought.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Bodies of Inscription is a great book if yoursquo;re looking for information on the subculture ...By MeganBodies of Inscription is a great book if yoursquo;re looking for information on the subculture of tattoos. It features an extensive history for a whole chapter; which was a fairly large fraction of the book. It doesnrsquo;t go back as far as other tattoos books go though. It starts when the Western world began to see it in the 1700s. Another comparison between this and other tattoo books is her writing. Some use scientific vernacular while others are more laymans terms. I enjoyed that she was the later. I like that she talked to people who are members of the tattoo community and not just used examples from magazines. She says that the two most popular ways of being in the community is through tattoo conventions and magazines. As a tattooed person who isnrsquo;t involved in either; I now understand why Irsquo;ve never felt a sense of community. The one convention I go to has a tattoo part of it and Irsquo;ve never been involved. This book definitely helped give insight into the subculture that I could be a part of. I found it amusing that some older tattooed people found the whole thing crazy. I would think they would be seen as elders in the group. One thing that bothered me is her focus on the middle-class tattooed person. What about the lower and upper class tattooed people? I feel like they should be included; too.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. better books out thereBy John ScalzoFor the time that this book was written it was a good concise portrait of tattoo culture from a very aware upper middle class view point. out of date book but good for obtaining a backround knowledge of tattoo culture.18 of 23 people found the following review helpful. A bit too elitistBy selkie1964Ms. DeMello spends too much time acting as her own apologist as she explains how she acquired "insider" status in the tattoo community while still remaining an impartial observer. One thing I found particularly objectionable in her book was her apparent opinion; insinuated several times; that only women with "the body beautiful" should get tattoos (much less display them in public -- horrors!) As a woman (liberated; one assumes); Ms. DeMello should know better. This is one book which is going to end up in a used bookstore rather than in my collection.