To Be a Machine, book review: Disrupting life itselfMark O'Connell explores the drive to transcend biology using technology, examining ideas like the Singularity, mind uploading, cryonics, whole-brain emulation and cyborgs.June 1, 2017 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Robot Law, book review: People will be the problemThis collection of academic papers examines the likely areas of legal conflict when robots commonly interact with humans.October 5, 2016 by Wendy M Grossman in Robotics
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You, book review: The weird side of AIIn this approachable and insightful book, Janelle Shane examines how AIs work and learn -- and how they can be fooled. The most important question: how do we know when to trust an AI?October 30, 2019 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Thinking Machines, book review: AI, past, present and futureAdvances in recent decades have seen artificial intelligence develop apace, and AI now pervades our lives. Yet, as this book explains, true machine intelligence is still a work in progress.March 21, 2017 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
How to Survive a Robot Invasion, book review: Humans are the problemWithout careful safeguards, all the problems we complain about with biased algorithms and social media business models will be repeated with robots, only more so.September 1, 2020 by Wendy M Grossman in Robotics
The Big Nine, book review: Visions of an AI-dominated futureFuturist Amy Webb speculates on the development and implementation of artificial intelligence in the coming decades. Will the outcome be benign, chaotic or disastrous?October 1, 2019 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
The Smart Wife, book review: A feminist take on smart home techTraditional gender stereotypes still underpin smart home devices like domestic robots and digital assistants. Time for a reboot, say Yolande Strengers and Jenny Kennedy.November 3, 2020 by Wendy M Grossman in Robotics
Artificial Unintelligence, book review: Exploring the limits of technologyMeredith Broussard explains how computers, software, and AI and machine learning actually work -- and considers the times they don't.August 29, 2018 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
Heartificial Intelligence, book review: A question of valuesAI is going to happen whether we like it or not, so it's in our interest to ensure that ethics are included in its development, argues John C. Havens.March 30, 2016 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics
The 4th Industrial Revolution, book review: A curate's eggHalf of this book is good and useful. What happened in producing the other half is a genuine mystery.July 17, 2018 by Wendy M Grossman in AI & Robotics