God-like: a 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters

In the year 1600, a monk is burned at the stake for claiming to have built a device that will allow him to know all things.

350 years later, having witnessed 'Trinity' - the first test of the atomic bomb - America's leading scientist outlines a memory machine that will help end war on earth.

25 years in the making, an ex-soldier finally unveils this 'machine for augmenting human intellect', dazzling as he stands 'Zeus-like, dealing lightning with both hands'.

In this profound and urgent new bo...