What Richard Dawkins thinks about robotics

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Evolutionary biologist and author; writes The Poetry of Reality newsletter on Substack.

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1 dated position, c. 1976–1989, in their own words. Our reading of what Richard Dawkins has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1976–1989

   Our readingWe are survival machines, blindly programmed to preserve our genes

   Their wordsWe are survival machines—robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.

   ↗The Selfish Gene (Oxford University Press, 40th anniversary edition, 2016; first published 1976, second edition 1989)archive.org All 9 from this book