Kevin Warwick is professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of numerous books on a wide variety of subjects including robotics, information technology, biomedicine, and ethics, and is deeply engaged with advances in neural implants.

"An entertaining read, covering a complex subject in detail that should appeal equally to the casual reader and the hardened robophile."--Guardian "Grippingly horrible... interesting and thoughtful."--Daily Telegraph "An apocalyptic view of what the future holds for mankind."--Daily Mail

• ContentsAcknowledgements                                      viiPreface                                      ixChapter 1   A Cosy Relationship                                      1Chapter 2   In the Year 2050                                     21Chapter 3    What is Life?                                      39Chapter 4   Humanoid Robots                                      62Chapter 5   Artificial Intelligence                                      89Chapter 6   Big Brother                                      115Chapter 7   Human Brains Versus Machine Brains                                      137Chapter 8   Humans Are Best?                                      163Chapter 9   The Reading Robots - An Overture                                      186Chapter 10   Our Robots Today                                      209Chapter 11   What Next With the Robots?                                      234Chapter 12   A Fantastic Future                                      257Chapter 13   Mankind's Last Stand?                                      280Bibliography                                      303Further Reading                                      307

Kevin Warwick is professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of numerous books on a wide variety of subjects including robotics, information technology, biomedicine, and ethics, and is deeply engaged with advances in neural implants.

"An entertaining read, covering a complex subject in detail that should appeal equally to the casual reader and the hardened robophile."--Guardian "Grippingly horrible... interesting and thoughtful."--Daily Telegraph "An apocalyptic view of what the future holds for mankind."--Daily Mail

• ContentsAcknowledgements                                      viiPreface                                      ixChapter 1   A Cosy Relationship                                      1Chapter 2   In the Year 2050                                     21Chapter 3    What is Life?                                      39Chapter 4   Humanoid Robots                                      62Chapter 5   Artificial Intelligence                                      89Chapter 6   Big Brother                                      115Chapter 7   Human Brains Versus Machine Brains                                      137Chapter 8   Humans Are Best?                                      163Chapter 9   The Reading Robots - An Overture                                      186Chapter 10   Our Robots Today                                      209Chapter 11   What Next With the Robots?                                      234Chapter 12   A Fantastic Future                                      257Chapter 13   Mankind's Last Stand?                                      280Bibliography                                      303Further Reading                                      307

Kevin Warwick is professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK. He is the author of numerous books on a wide variety of subjects including robotics, information technology, biomedicine, and ethics, and is deeply engaged with advances in neural implants.

"An entertaining read, covering a complex subject in detail that should appeal equally to the casual reader and the hardened robophile."--Guardian "Grippingly horrible... interesting and thoughtful."--Daily Telegraph "An apocalyptic view of what the future holds for mankind."--Daily Mail

• ContentsAcknowledgements                                      viiPreface                                      ixChapter 1   A Cosy Relationship                                      1Chapter 2   In the Year 2050                                     21Chapter 3    What is Life?                                      39Chapter 4   Humanoid Robots                                      62Chapter 5   Artificial Intelligence                                      89Chapter 6   Big Brother                                      115Chapter 7   Human Brains Versus Machine Brains                                      137Chapter 8   Humans Are Best?                                      163Chapter 9   The Reading Robots - An Overture                                      186Chapter 10   Our Robots Today                                      209Chapter 11   What Next With the Robots?                                      234Chapter 12   A Fantastic Future                                      257Chapter 13   Mankind's Last Stand?                                      280Bibliography                                      303Further Reading                                      307