We, Robot

* Artificial intelligence expert, Mark Stephen Meadows, examines how close to reality are our favourite science fiction robots * Hard science, futurist imagination and plenty of humour are used to look at what we have now and what's coming in the future * What exists now? Robots awfully similar to [...]
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* Artificial intelligence expert, Mark Stephen Meadows, examines how close to reality are our favourite science fiction robots * Hard science, futurist imagination and plenty of humour are used to look at what we have now and what's coming in the future * What exists now? Robots awfully similar to those found in The Terminator, The Jetsons, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Meadows reveals robots that hunt humans, walk your dog and straighten up around the house, invest your money, and campaign for your favorite political candidate * What will we see in the coming decade? Robots just like the ones we find in Iron Man, Robocop, Blade Runner, and Neuromancer. Readers will learn about the near-future robots who dodge bullets and stop speeding trains, love you and get hurt when you don't love them back, and serve as your therapist and then carry you to the men in the white van * What about twenty, thirty, even fifty years from now? Think: creations like those from The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Matrix, Avatar, and Astro Boy. Prepare your kids and grandkids for robots that have animal brains or animal bodies, rule the world, govern your city and then demand equal rights!* A great, geeky fusion of science fiction, hard science, pop culture, and humour * Includes full-colour illustrations of famous science fiction robots and photos of current real robots, and more