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041 _aEnglish
050 4 _aT14.5
_b.C436 2025
100 _aChang, Vanessa, - 1969- author.
_d1969-
_eauthor.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjvmDkBpyxMVQGGwFK6c8C
245 1 4 _aThe body digital
_b: a brief history of humans and machines from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT
_c/ Vanessa Chang.
246 3 0 _aBrief history of humans and machines from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT.
264 1 _aBrooklyn ;
_aLondon :
_bMelville House,
_c[2025]
300 _axix, 232 pages ;
_c21 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aHand — Voice — Ear — Eye — Foot — Body — Mind.
520 _aA dazzling tour of the history of technology and its complex relationship to the human body. What is the relationship between our bodies and our senses and technology? In today's world of blinding technological change, of artificial intelligence and deepfakes and Chat GPT, it is easy to forget that we have always had complicated relations with technology--whether that technology is computers, player pianos, and even eyeglasses. In this wide-ranging and fascinating study, Vanessa Chang takes us on a historical tour of the interactions between our bodies and machines, showing that the advent of new technologies has always been met with varied reactions, from misplaced fear to tragic over-optimism. The result is cultural critique of the highest order and a profound demonstration of the eternal truth that in order to understand the future, we must look to the past --
_cprovided by publisher.
650 0 _aInformation technology
_xSocial aspects
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650 0 _aTechnological innovations - History.
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHuman beings - Effect of technological innovations on.
_xEffect of technological innovations on.
650 0 _aTechnology and civilization
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