A Simulated Consciousness in Silicon: Ray Kurzweil’s Transhumanist Theories Applied to Her

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	Domen, S.
dc.contributor.author	Koopman, S.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-07T17:00:53Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-07T17:00:53Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/17545
dc.description.abstract	This Bachelor Thesis examines Ray Kurzweil’s transhumanist theories – the technological Singularity and conscious AI – as well as explore Spike Jonze’s film Her from a transhumanist perspective. It also analyses the ways in which the film adheres to or deviates from Kurzweil’s predictions and theories, and how the discrepancies represent the criticism of the technological influence in contemporary society.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
dc.format.extent	1161719
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	A Simulated Consciousness in Silicon: Ray Kurzweil’s Transhumanist Theories Applied to Her
dc.type.content	Bachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Transhumanism, Ray Kurzweil, Consciousness, Spike Jonze, Her, Artificial Intelligence,
dc.subject.courseuu	Engelse taal en cultuur