Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and the Future of Humanity
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-742-0 (ISBN)
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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 ago
How movies informed the classic image of the robot-and what they got right and wrong
Clones, modified humans, cyborgs, designer babies, and half-human robots
The sentient internet
The advancements in robotics starting in the 1960s
Science fiction and science fact-and how science fiction foreshadowed the future
Robots replacing people in the workplace
The prospect of uploading our minds into computers to ensure immortality
Robots becoming indistinguishable from humans
Whether robots will rise up and cause humans to become extinct
And 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!
Nick Redfern works full time as an author, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including UFOs, alien encounters, government conspiracies, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. His many books include Visible Ink Press' Time Travel: The Science and Science Fiction; Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies; The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates; The Alien Book: A Guide to Extraterrestrial Beings on Earth; Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order; Cover-Ups & Secrets: The Complete Guide to Government Conspiracies, Manipulations & Deceptions; Control: MKUltra, Chemtrails and the Conspiracy to Suppress the Masses; Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals; The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts, and Fiends of Nature; and Monsters of the Deep. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including History Channel's Monster Quest and UFO Hunters; VH1's Legend Hunters; National Geographic Channel's The Truth about UFOs and Paranatural; BBC's Out of this World; MSNBC's Countdown; and SyFy Channel's Proof Positive. Nick lives just a few miles from Dallas, Texas' infamous Grassy Knoll.
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Ancient Robots and Magical Machines
2. 20th Century Robotic Intrigue and Secrecy
3. Sex with Robots
4. Bionic Eyes? Almost the Real Thing
5. Limb Construction, Robots and "Luke"
6. When Robots go to War
7. Replaced by Robot Lookalikes?
8. Roswell, Robots and UFOs
9. Men in Black: Biological Robots or Alien Overlords
10. Robotic Spies in the Home
11. The Creepiest, Modern Day Robots of All
12. Robocop Comes to Life
13. When Your TV Becomes Filled with Danger
14. Robots in the Sky
15. The Rise of the Insect Robots
16. A Close Encounter of the Robot Kind?
17. Robots Doing What We Can Do
18. Communing with Robots and Craving for Immortality
19. When a Robot Made the World Stand Still
20. Robots on TV
21. Cinematic Robots and the World of Hollywood
22. From NASA to DARPA
23. Robotic Spheres from Another World
24. A Bolivian Roswell and More on Dan Salter
25. From Robots to Viruses
26. Trying to Wipe Out the Human Race
27. From Robots to Wormholes
28. Beware of the Women in Black
29. Robot Assassins
30. Advanced Research Projects
31. When Artificial Intelligence Begins to Flex its Muscles
32. When We Slowly Start to Become Robots
33. Chipped Forever?
34. Cloning: Inevitable for Us?
35. The Rise of the Cyborgs
36. Mind-Control Madness
37. Drugs and Altered Minds
38. Grown in Factories: A Grim Future
39. From the White House to COVID-19
40. Closing with a Collection of Oddities
41. Conclusions
Further Reading
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.07.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Treachery & Intrigue |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Canton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Östliche Weisheit / Alte Kulturen |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57859-742-0 / 1578597420 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57859-742-0 / 9781578597420 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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