{"product_id":"blade-runner-2049-and-philosophy-this-breaks-the-world-9780812694710","title":"Blade Runner 2049 and Philosophy: This Breaks the World","description":"\u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2017 sequel to the 1982 movie \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, about a world in which some human-looking replicants have become dangerous, so that other human-looking replicants, as well as humans, have the job of hunting down the dangerous models and \"retiring\" (destroying) them. Both films have been widely hailed as among the greatest science-fiction movies of all time, and Ridley Scott, director of the original \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, has announced that there will be a third \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e movie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049 and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of entertaining articles on both \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e movies (and on the spin-off short films and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e novels) by twenty philosophers representing diverse backgrounds and philosophical perspectives. Among the issues addressed in the book: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e What does \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e tell us about the interactions of state power and corporate power?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCan machines ever become truly conscious, or will they always lack some essential human qualities?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most popular theory of personhood says that a person is defined by their memories, so what happens when memories can be manufactured and inserted at will?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWe already interact with non-human decision-makers via the Internet. When embodied AI becomes reality, how can we know what is human and what is simulation? Does it matter?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDo AI-endowed human-looking replicants have civil and political rights, or can they be destroyed whenever \"real\" humans decide they are inconvenient?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe blade runner Deckard (Harrison Ford) appears in both movies, and is generally assumed to be human, but some claim he may be a replicant. What's the evidence on both sides?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs Niander Wallace (the-mad-scientist-cum-evil-corporate-CEO in \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e) himself a replicant? What motivates him?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the impacts of decision-making AI entities on the world of business?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBoth \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e have been praised for their hauntingly beautiful depictions of a bleak future, but the two futures are very different (and the 2019 future imagined in the original \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e is considerably different from the actual world of 2019). How have our expectations and visions of the future changed between the two movies?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe \"dream maker\" character Ana Stelline in \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e has a small but pivotal role. What are the implications of a person whose dedicated mission and task is to invent and install false memories?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the social and psychological implications of human-AI sexual relations?\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Bunce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812694710","brand":"Open Court","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40711609679987,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e7f0dd90-f8ca-4b8a-a731-af69b685912b.jpg?v=1676559600","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/blade-runner-2049-and-philosophy-this-breaks-the-world-9780812694710","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}