We, Robot: Skywalker's Hand, Blade Runners, Iron Man, Slutbots, And How Fiction Became Fact ” Ethan Gilsdorf, author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms. But unlike prom
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| Title | : | We, Robot: Skywalker's Hand, Blade Runners, Iron Man, Slutbots, And How Fiction Became Fact |
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (207 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1599219433 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-12-07 |
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“If you grew up like I did on a steady diet of The Jetsons, The Six Million Dollar Man, Star Wars, and The Terminator, then you’ve been wondering when all your robot fantasies might become true. But unlike promises that every American will own a personal jet pack and hovercraft by now, the proliferation of cyborgs, androids, and avatars is real. With wit and insight, Mark Stephen Meadows separates science fiction from actual fact, navigating the ethically sketchy territory of domestic robots and autonomous military robots, artificial hands and artificial emotions. We, Robot raises the crucial questions that robot-makers largely ignore. In doing so, it shows us that in our quest to create more and more lifelike robots, we’ve become more robotic ourselves.” Ethan Gilsdorf, author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms
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“If you grew up like I did on a steady diet of The Jetsons, The Six Million Dollar Man, Star Wars, and The Terminator, then you’ve been wondering when all your robot fantasies might become true. But unlike promises that every American will own a personal jet pack and hovercraft by now, the proliferation of cyborgs, androids, and avatars is real. With wit and insight, Mark Stephen Meadows separates science fiction from actual fact, navigating the ethically sketchy territory of domestic robots and autonomous military robots, artificial hands and artificial emotions. We, Robot raises the crucial questions that robot-makers largely ignore. In doing so, it shows us that in our quest to create more and more lifelike robots, we’ve become more robotic ourselves.”
Ethan Gilsdorf, author of Fantasy Freaks a
Bob Leaf is one of those brilliant practitioners who is also an astute businessman and an inspirational leader. I'm of the same school of thought, but it's surprising how many people deem them completely different.
For example, when considering the implications of privacy and giving one's personal information up to 'trusted' parties, he asks us to consider whether we'd accept a "Rosie"-like robot from Google, provided for free, if in exchange we understood that it would mill about the house in spare time, learning about our personal habits and behavior and such. Robots will be one of the conduits between those spaces sooner than we think. Leaf has been in the international PR business longer than anyone on earth and he has lived,worked and travelled the globe. This is especially true when looking at the borders between hardware and software which he sees little distinction. I ts almost like having a chat over coffee in his London office.
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