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Will computers come to dominate man? Have films, books, and television foreshadowed the future of artificial intelligence? Will robots enhance or destroy our future? Will AI forever change us? You'll learn about the history and the pop-culture view of technology-as well as possible futures-in this one-of-a-kind book!Is technology running amok or is it serving as a helping hand? Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and the Future of Humanity puts a pop-culture and historic spin on some serious questions about mankind's future. An exhilarating and troubling read, it looks at whether robots are a menace or a boon to humanity. Its investigations include ...The history of robots constructed hundreds of years agoHow movies informed the classic image of the robot-and what they got right and wrongClones, modified humans, cyborgs, designer babies, and half-human robotsThe sentient internetThe advancements in robotics starting in the 1960sScience fiction and science fact-and how science fiction foreshadowed the futureRobots replacing people in the workplaceThe prospect of uploading our minds into computers to ensure immortalityRobots becoming indistinguishable from humansWhether robots will rise up and cause humans to become extinctAnd much, much more.Exciting and worrisome, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and the Future of Humanity looks at what the past tells us about the future. With more than 120 photos and graphics, this tome is nicely illustrated. It also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. Ponder the possibilities with this examination of robots of the past, present, and future!
Contents
About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Ancient Robots and Magical Machines2. 20th Century Robotic Intrigue and Secrecy3. Sex with Robots4. Bionic Eyes? Almost the Real Thing5. Limb Construction, Robots and "Luke"6. When Robots go to War7. Replaced by Robot Lookalikes?8. Roswell, Robots and UFOs9. Men in Black: Biological Robots or Alien Overlords10. Robotic Spies in the Home11. The Creepiest, Modern Day Robots of All12. Robocop Comes to Life13. When Your TV Becomes Filled with Danger14. Robots in the Sky15. The Rise of the Insect Robots16. A Close Encounter of the Robot Kind?17. Robots Doing What We Can Do18. Communing with Robots and Craving for Immortality19. When a Robot Made the World Stand Still20. Robots on TV21. Cinematic Robots and the World of Hollywood22. From NASA to DARPA23. Robotic Spheres from Another World24. A Bolivian Roswell and More on Dan Salter25. From Robots to Viruses26. Trying to Wipe Out the Human Race27. From Robots to Wormholes28. Beware of the Women in Black29. Robot Assassins30. Advanced Research Projects31. When Artificial Intelligence Begins to Flex its Muscles32. When We Slowly Start to Become Robots33. Chipped Forever?34. Cloning: Inevitable for Us?35. The Rise of the Cyborgs36. Mind-Control Madness37. Drugs and Altered Minds38. Grown in Factories: A Grim Future39. From the White House to COVID-1940. Closing with a Collection of Oddities 41. ConclusionsFurther ReadingIndex
