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| Translator: | Skowroński Adam (ORCID 0009-0006-8955-4959) |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Place and year of publication: | Warszawa 2025 |
| Publication language: | polski , angielski |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 978-83-235-7040-0 |
| EAN: | 9788323570400 |
| Number of page: | 204 |
| Binding: | Twarda |
| Format: | 12,5 x 19 cm |
| Weight: | 0 |
Samuel Butler The Book of the Machines
Translated into Polish, edited and with a foreword by Adam Skowroński The Book of the Machines presents a literary fantasy extending the theory of evolution to include inorganic matter – envisioning a cosmos permeated with an element of immanent will. The text proposes the hypothesis that machines may already be conscious and that, through their unchecked progress, they will eventually become the dominant species on Earth. Initially conceived as a polemic against the thinkers of its time, The Book of the Machines would subsequently attain the status of an ontological proposition – one that remains significant today, as Butler’s intuitions align with later and still relevant scientific reflections. This work of the Victorian enfant terrible is an eccentric labyrinth whose traversal will bring joy even to the modern reader.
Keywords: Samuel Butler, theory of evolution, consciousness, artificial intelligence, neo-Lamarckism
Translated into Polish, edited and with a foreword by Adam Skowroński The Book of the Machines presents a literary fantasy extending the theory of evolution to include inorganic matter – envisioning a cosmos permeated with an element of immanent will. The text proposes the hypothesis that machines may already be conscious and that, through their unchecked progress, they will eventually become the dominant species on Earth. Initially conceived as a polemic against the thinkers of its time, The Book of the Machines would subsequently attain the status of an ontological proposition – one that remains significant today, as Butler’s intuitions align with later and still relevant scientific reflections. This work of the Victorian enfant terrible is an eccentric labyrinth whose traversal will bring joy even to the modern reader.
Keywords: Samuel Butler, theory of evolution, consciousness, artificial intelligence, neo-Lamarckism
