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Book SynopsisOne of Time magazine''s ''32 Books You Need to Read This Summer'' -- ''a riveting read''.
''Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting.''
Vanity Fair
''A fascinating work of imaginative futurology, a science journalist takes a look at our current technologies and anticipates the human-robot future that could await us - one full of warrior bots, politician bots, doctor bots and sex bots.''
One of Barbara VanDenburgh''s ''5 Books Not to Miss'', USA Today
One of the best summer reads of 2019, according to top authors David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo on USA Today''s Today programme.
''A refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colorful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint''
Kirkus Reviews
What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us
Trade Review
A refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colorful mixture of expert futurology and quirky speculation does not disappoint. * Kirkus *
Duncan writes the way good teachers teach, conversational, yet informed . . . [he] is a popularizer and storyteller. * USA Today *
A riveting read. * Time Magazine *
A brilliant chronicle of encounters with our future selves. -- Andrei Codrescu, bestselling author and NPR commentator
'Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting.' * Vanity Fair *
'A fascinating work of imaginative futurology, a science journalist takes a look at our current technologies and anticipates the human-robot future that could await us - one full of warrior bots, politician bots, doctor bots and sex bots.' -- Barbara VanDenburgh * ‘5 Books Not to Miss’, USA Today *
One of the best summer reads of 2019. -- David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo * USA Today’s Today programme *
