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Generation robot : a century of science fiction, fact, and speculation

Favro, Terri, author

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\"Generation Robot covers a century of science fiction, fact and, speculation--from the 1950 publication of Isaac Asimov's seminal robot masterpiece, I, Robot, to the 2050 Singularity when artificial and human intelligence are predicted to merge. Beginning with a childhood informed by pop-culture robots in movies, in comic books, and on TV in the 1960s to adulthood where the possibilities of self-driving cars and virtual reality are daily conversation, Terri Favro offers a unique perspective on how our relationship with robotics and futuristic technologies has shifted over time. Peppered with pop-culture fun-facts about Superman's kryptonite, the human-machine relationships in the cult TV show Firefly, and the sexual and moral implications of the film Ex Machina, Generation Robot explores how the techno-triumphs and resulting anxieties of reality bleed into the fantasies of our collective culture. Clever and accessible, Generation Robot isn't just for the serious, scientific reader--it's for everyone interested in robotics and technology since their science-fiction origins. By looking back at the future she once imagined, analyzing the plugged-in present, and speculating on what is on the horizon, Terri Favro allows readers the chance to consider what was, what is, and what could be. This is a captivating book that looks at the pop-culture of our society to explain how the world works--now and tomorrow\"-- Amazon.com.

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Subject: Robots in literature. / Artificial intelligence in literature. / Technology Social aspects. / Robots Technological innovations. / Artificial intelligence Technological innovations. / Science Technological innovations. / Robotics.
• ISBN: 9781510723108, 1510723102

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
Q335 .F38 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE