Chamanes y robots

ISBN-10: 8433940910
ISBN-13: 9788433940919
Category: Literary Collections
Pages: 184
Language: Spanish
Published: 2019-10-16
Publisher: Anagrama
Author: Roger Bartra

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Chamanes, médicos y robots: el hilo que une la iniciación chamánica, el efecto placebo y el desarrollo de conciencia en los autómatas. Hay un hilo que conecta los procesos que desencadenan un chamán o un médico en la mente de los enfermos que quieren sanar y los mecanismos de un ingeniero para dotar a un robot de algo semejante a la conciencia. Este libro resigue ese hilo en una investigación dividida en dos partes. La primera, «Los rituales del placer y la palabra», se centra en los poderes mágicos chamánicos y el efecto placebo en medicina; la segunda, «La construcción de la conciencia artificial», explora el robot como máquina pensante y la posibilidad de que la inteligencia artificial llegue a desarrollar una versión aproxima-da una conciencia. Esta conexión entre chamanes y robots se establece a través del sufrimiento y el placer. Los rituales de sanación de chamanes y médicos están destinados a disminuir o eliminar el dolor y los tormentos que padecen los humanos y a proporcionarles placer y bienestar. Por su parte, los robots y la inteligencia artificial tienen la misión de reducir la fatiga y las penas que afligen a los humanos cuando trabajan. Pero el problema al que se enfrentan los ingenieros es que las máquinas carecen de sensibilidad, y sin ella parece difícil que exista conciencia. He ahí la paradoja: la conciencia está sustentada en el sufrimiento, pero los humanos estamos empeñados en aliviarlo, o incluso eliminarlo. Los robots de hoy son máquinas insensibles que no sufren, y por ello no parece que puedan tener conciencia. Pero ¿acaso será posible dotarlos de ella en el futuro? Este estimulante ensayo explora el presente y el futuro humano y robótico uniendo las dimensiones biológica y cultural, y es un nuevo paso adelante en las indagaciones multidisciplinares de Roger Bartra.

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