Machines Of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots - Tapa blanda

"Mr. Markoff focuses on the personalities, since technology depends on the values of its creators. The human element makes the subject accessible. (His chapter on the history of AI is superb.)"--The Economist

"Neither alarmist nor affirmative [MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE] contain[s] urgent, compelling and relevant calls to consciously embed our values in the systems we design, and to critically engage with our choices.... Before welcoming our robotic overlords, read [this] book."--New Scientist

"John Markoff of The New York Times highlights the compelling contrast between AI and intelligence amplification (IA). He chronicles the fascinating and often antagonistic evolution of these fields since 1956, when both terms were coined."--Nature

"[F]ascinating, informative, thought-provoking..."--San Jose Mercury News

"Machines of Loving Grace is the first comprehensive study to place [robots] in the context of the cloud-based intelligence that throws a game-changer at the question: 'But what will they do for brains?'"--George Dyson, author of Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

"John Markoff has been seeing around the corners of the technology revolution throughout his career. Now he uses his full range of vision and experience to examine whether humans can make peace with the coming wave of smart machines. His view is intelligent, illuminating and, yes, optimistic."--John Hollar, president and CEO of the Computer History Museum

"This thoughtful analysis by Markoff, a reporter for The New York Times, wades into the ethical and philosophical questions that such technological advances inevitably raise."--New York Times Paperback Row

"Markoff did his homework and capably tackles interesting things."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A detailed, engrossing history of robotics...This revealing look at profound technological and economic developments will unsettle anyone who has a job to lose."--Publishers Weekly

"Readers who like their history with a little personality will enjoy this detailed exploration of the development of computers and robotics as assistive or control technologies and the people who make it happen."--Library Journal