The Maniac
The Maniac

by Benjamín Labatut

Auteur(s)
Benjamín Labatut
Uitgever
London : Pushkin, 2023
Omvang
357 p., 23.5 cm.
ISBN
9781805330677

A dizzying, kaleidoscopic novel about the destructive chaos that lurks in the history of computers and AI via the fictional biography of the enigma Johnny von Neuman. As a young man he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakable foundations of mathematics. As he designed inscrutable computer systems, helping to develop the atomic bomb, his work increasingly moved into areas beyond human understanding and control. In The MANIAC, Benjamín Labatut interweaves fact with fiction in a mind-boggling story about the mad dreams of reason. The story goes back to the early twentieth century conflict over contradictions in physics and to advances in forms of artificial intelligence that surpass humans.


Trefwoorden
digitization , artificial intelligence , post humanism
Locatie in de bibliotheek
Kast 11 - 3: Technologie + Posthumanisme