Da utopia ao desencanto

Tese Submetida Ao Corpo Docente Da Coordenaç~o Dos

of Thesis presented to COPPE/UFRT as partia1 fulfillment ef the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (M. Sc. ) . A SET OF TOOLS FOR THE I W W N T A T I O N OF COOPERATIVE P R O C E S S

REVISAo UMA LEITURA GENERIFICADA DA (RE)INAUGURACAO DE UM FAZER PARA MULHERES: DA INGLATERRA AO BRASIL

I t is a gender read ing of F lorence N ight ingale 's ma in work, "Notes on N u rs ing : what is and what isn 't" , a book which brings together the pr inc ip les and essential e lements of modern n u rs ing , professional ized i n England i n the second ha lf of the X IX centu ry and the way the profession was constituted i n Brazi l , as expl icited i n the work of Glete de Alcantara : "Mode...

Ambient Utopia

This chapter presents an analysis of the ambitions that lie behind the concept of Ambient Intelligence as it is presented by the advocates and researchers working in the field. In particular it looks at the ideas regarding the forms of natural and intuitive forms of interaction that are envisaged including agents and robots from a philosophical perspective. The views on interaction are analysed...

Engineering Utopia

The likely advent of AGI and the long-established trend of improving computational hardware promise a dual revolution in coming decades: machines which are both more intelligent and more numerous than human beings. This possibility raises substantial concern over the moral nature of such intelligent machines, and of the changes they will cause in society. Will we have the chance to determine th...

Utopia Rising