The Most Human Human What Talking With - Brian Christian, ebook, ebook.1400, Temp 3
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//-->Copyright © 2011 by Brian ChristianAll rights reserved. Published in the United States by Doubleday, adivision of Random House, Inc., New York.www.doubleday.comDOUBLEDAY and the DD colophon are registered trademarks ofRandom House, Inc.Portions of this work were previously published inThe AtlanticGrateful acknowledgment is made to Richard Wilbur for permissionto reprint a portion of “The Beautiful Changes.”Jacket design by Tal GoretskyJacket illustration by gears © Bettmann/CORBISHead © istockphoto.com/Mark StrozierLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataChristian, Brian, 1984–The most human human : what talking with computers teaches us aboutwhat it means to be alive / Brian Christian. p. cm.1. Philosophical anthropology. 2. Human beings. 3. Turing test. I. Title. II.Title: What talking with computers teaches us about what it means to bealive.BD450.C5356 2011128—dc222010048572eISBN: 978-0-385-53307-2v3.1Today’s person spends way more time in front of screens. Influorescent-lit rooms, in cubicles, being on one end or the other of anelectronic data transfer. And what is it to be human and alive and exerciseyour humanity in that kind of exchange?–DAVID FOSTER WALLACEContentsCoverTitle PageCopyrightEpigraph0. Prologue1. Introduction: The Most Human Human2. Authenticating3. The Migratory Soul4. Site-Specificity vs. Pure Technique5. Getting Out of Book6. The Anti-Expert7. Barging In8. The World’s Worst Deponent9. Not Staying Intact10. High Surprisal11. Conclusion: The Most Human Human12. Epilogue: The Unsung Beauty of the Glassware CabinetAcknowledgmentsNotes
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