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Book Synopsis''If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan''s book is a fun place to start''
NPR
''Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and surprisingly uplifting''
Vanity Fair
''5 books not to miss . . . A fascinating work of imaginative futurology''
USA Today
One of Time magazine''s ''32 Books You Need to Read This Summer'' - ''a riveting read''
One of David Baldacci and Elizabeth Acevedo''s best summer reads, on USA Today''s Today programme
''A refreshing variation on the will-intelligent-robots-bring-Armageddon genre . . . this colourful 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, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physici
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 *
