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David J. Gunkel: The machine question: critical perspectives on AI, robots, and ethics

MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012, 272 pp, ISBN-10: 0-262-01743-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01743-5

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Coeckelbergh, M. David J. Gunkel: The machine question: critical perspectives on AI, robots, and ethics. Ethics Inf Technol 15, 235–238 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-012-9305-y

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