Description: Runaway Science : True Stories of Raging Robots and Hi-tech Horrors, Hardcover by Redfern, Nick, ISBN 1578598419, ISBN-13 9781578598410, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Will computers come to dominate man? Will advanced technology, robots and artificial intelligence enhance or destroy our future … and thereby changing us forever!?! Learn about the history, the menace and opportunities 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? Is it a threat or a benefit? Runaway Science: From Raging Robots to the Horrors of Hi-Tech presents the ominous, and some encouraging, stories of how technology has shaped our past and might shape our future. It takes a pop-culture and historic spin on the question of mankind’s future. An exhilarating and troubling read, it looks at whether robots and technology are a threat or a boon to humanity. Its investigations include …Robocops and robots in the police forceRobots replacing people in the workplace The high tech of ancient times Clones, androids, modified humans, cyborgs, designer babies, and half-human robots CIA plots to control our mindsThe sentient internetMonitoring our every move with microchip implantsThe threat of unfathomable alien intelligence and technologyThe singularity of uncontrollable and irreversible supplanting of human intelligence with technological intelligence Science fiction and science fact—and how science fiction foreshadowed the futureClandestine technological dangers and government mind-control plotsRobotic limbs, androids and half-humansThe prospect of uploading our minds into computers to ensure immortalityWhether robots will rise up and cause humans to become extinctAnd much, much more. Exciting and worrisome, Runaway Science looks at what the past tells us about the future. With nearly 100 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!
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Book Title: Runaway Science : True Stories of Raging Robots and Hi-Tech Horrors
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Visible Inkpress
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Conspiracy Theories, Social Aspects, Mechanical
Item Height: 7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Social Science
Item Weight: 19.8 Oz
Author: Nick Redfern
Item Length: 9 in
Book Series: The Real Unexplained! Collection
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
