Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots

"Highlights the compelling contrast between AI and intelligence amplification. He chronicles the fascinating and often antagonistic evolution of these fields since 1956, when both terms were coined." -Nature

As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society-on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health-Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines he...