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Book SynopsisThe latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence and a preview of the coming decades, based on research and interviews with the world''s foremost experts.
If there's one universal trait among humans, it's our social nature. The craving to connect is universal, compelling, and frequently irresistible. This concept is central to Robots and the People Who Love Them. Socially interactive robots will soon transform friendship, work, home life, love, healthcare, warfare, education, and nearly every nook and cranny of modern life. This book is an exploration of how we, the most gregarious creatures in the food chain, could be changed by social robots. On the other hand, it considers how we will remain the same, and asks how human nature will express itself when confronted by a new class of beings created in our own image.
Drawing upon recent research in the development of social robots, including how people react to them, how in our minds the
