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A refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colorful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint' Kirkus 'A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.' Isaac Asimov, The First Law of RoboticsWhat robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fan...

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan considers 24 visions of possible human-robot futures-Incredible scenarios from Teddy Bots to Warrior Bots, and Politician Bots to Sex Bots-Grounded in real technologies and possibilities and inspired by our imagination. What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of ...

This ebullient and optimistic book features thirty visions of robot futures-nearly incredible scenarios based on real machines that are here, imminent, or easily conceivable based on modern technology Throughout history, people have been infatuated with the notion of artificial intelligence. But now the moment is fast upon us when super-AI is poised to arrive for real. These are not the lumbering, industrial-grade bots that have been churning ...

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan sketches twenty-four visions of possible human-robot futures - short scenarios grounded in present-day technologies and ideas, but inspired by imagination. He explores how robots and AI systems may impact on individuals and societies over the next few years, centuries and beyond - for better or for worse.What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, thei...

James Watson, J. Craig Venter, Francis Collins, Cynthia Kenyon . . . you may not know them, but you should. They are the masterminds of genetics and biotechnology who want you to live to be 150 years old, to regenerate your heart and brain, to create synthetic life. For better or worse, they are about to alter life on earth forever. Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan tells the remarkable stories of cutting-edge bioscientists, revealin...

The adventure spans the world from Stonehenge to astronomically aligned pyramids at Giza, from Mayan observatories at Chichen Itza to the atomic clock in Washington, the world's official timekeeper since the 1960s. We visit cultures from Vedic India and Cleopatra's Egypt to Byzantium and the Elizabethan court, and meet an impressive cast of historic personages from Julius Caesar to Omar Khayyam, and giants of science from Galileo and Copernicu...

David Ewing Duncan takes us on a deep, exhilarating dive into the hidden worlds of being human, both an erudite guide and an amazingly willing lab rat, Duncan has written a book that looks inward and outward at the same time: inward to the mysteries of the self, and outward to the horizon of our species' extraordinary, and sometimes alarming, future." -- Steven Johnson author of The Invention of Air"Experimental is one of those rare books that...

David Ewing Duncan takes us on a deep, exhilarating dive into the hidden worlds of being human, both an erudite guide and an amazingly willing lab rat, Duncan has written a book that looks inward and outward at the same time: inward to the mysteries of the self, and outward to the horizon of our species' extraordinary, and sometimes alarming, future." -- Steven Johnson author of The Invention of Air"Experimental is one of those rare books that...